THE MAUNA LOA HIGH-ALTITUDE OBSERVATORY

1 January 1959

journal article
Published by American Meteorological Society in Monthly Weather Review

Vol. 87 (1) , 1-14
https://doi.org/10.1175/1520-0493(1959)087<0001:tmlho>2.0.co;2

Abstract

A description is given of the physical setting, facilities, and current program of Mauna Loa Observatory in Hawaii, with emphasis on its suitability as a site for field studies on a wide variety of phenomena.

Keywords

ALTITUDE OBSERVATORY
HIGH ALTITUDE
LOA HIGH
LOA OBSERVATORY
MAUNA LOA
PHYSICAL SETTING