Hawaiian Alpine Lake Level, Rainfall Trends, and Spring Flow

• Main Author: Woodcock, Alfred H.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: University of Hawaii Press 1980
• Subjects: Alpine Lake; Ice; permafrost
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10125/1619

During the period May 1965 to November 1978 (162 months) 127 measurements were made of Lake Waiau water levels and overflow. This small perched body of water is located in Puu Waiau crater, at about 3970-m altitude, near the summit of the dormant volcano, Mauna Kea, Hawaii. Differences in water leve...