On the rainfall of Hawaii : a group of contributions / by L.B. Leopold [and others].

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Leopold, Luna B. (Luna Bergere), 1915-2006, author.

Contributor:

Mauchly, John W. (John William), 1907-1980, associated name, former owner.

Antonelli, Kathleen, associated name, former owner.

American Meteorological Society, publisher.

Series:

Meteorological monographs (American Meteorological Society) ; v. 1, no. 3.

Meteorological monographs ; v. 1, no. 3

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Rain and rainfall--Hawaii.

Rain and rainfall.

Hawaii.

Physical Description:

ii, 55 pages : illustrations, maps, diagrams, tables ; 28 cm

Place of Publication:

Boston : American Meteorological Society, 1951.

Summary:

The objects of the American Meteorological Society are "the development and dissemination of knowledge of meteorology in all its phases and applications, and the advancement of its professional ideals." The organization of the Society took place in affiliation with the American Association for the Advancement of Science at Saint Louis, Missouri, December 29, 1919, and its incorporation, at Washington, D. C., January 21, 1920. The work of the Society is carried on by the Bulletin, the Journal, and Meteorological Monographs, by papers and discussions at meetings of the Society, through the offices of the Secretary and the Executive Secretary, and by correspondence. All of the Americas are represented in the membership of the Society as well as many foreign countries.

Contents:

Hawaiian climate: its relation to human and plant geography, by L.B. Leopold.- Statistical investigations into the climatology of rainfall on Oahu (T.H.) by H. Landsberg.- The geographic distribution of average monthly rainfall, Hawaii, by C.K. Stidd & L.B. Leopold. (Pineapple research institute. Technical paper no. 173)- A study of rainfall over Oahu, by T.C. Yeh, C.C. Wallén and J.E. Carsen.- On the relation between the circumpolar westerly current and rainfall over the Hawaiian islands, by Tu-Cheng Yeh, J.E. Carsen, and J.J. Marciano.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Local Notes:

Presented to the Penn Libraries by John W. Mauchly and Kay Mauchly in 1981 and 1986. Mauchly's stamp.

OCLC:

2480530