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MeanRFAug_Hawaii_in

Detailed Description

Rain shadow effects generate diverse rainfall conditions across the Hawaiian islands, creating a mosaic of different ecosystems across relatively wet and dry parts of the islands.

Giambelluca, T.W., Q. Chen, A.G. Frazier, J.P. Price, Y.-L. Chen, P.-S. Chu, J.K. Eischeid, and D.M. Delparte, 2013: Online Rainfall Atlas of Hawai‘i. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc. 94, 313-316, doi: 10.1175/BAMS-D-11-00228.1.

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