Release 013

On December 17, 2003, 100 drift cards were released as Release 013, the thirteenth monthly release of drift cards in our Hawaii Drift Card Study. The following stick plot shows the wind conditions for the 7 days following that release, from December 17-23, 2003.

The winds following Release 013 began with trade wind conditions for the first few days, then changed to varying winds for the rest of the week.

Stick plot showing wind direction and strength December 17-23, 2003, following Release 013.D

If you'd like, you can review the wind data (8K text file) used to create this plot.


Wind Files: All Releases
Jan Feb March April May June July Aug Sept Oct Nov Dec
2002: - - - - - - - - - - - 001
2003: 002 003 004 005 006 007 008 009 010 011 012 013
2004: 014 015 016 017 018 019 020 021 022 023 024 -
Kona: K1
K3
- - - - - - - - - K2 -

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