I. Introduction

II. Summary

III. Review of VAMOS Science Objectives

• American Monsoon Systems
• Processes of the Monsoon Systems
• Predictability and Prediction

IV. Review of Current Related Field Programmes

• LBA
• Other GEWEX efforts, including GCIP
• PACS
• EPIC
• CORC (Consortium of the Ocean's Role in Climate)
• PIRATA
• IAI
• Low Level jet
• Meteorological field programmes in northern Chile
• South Atlantic Climate Programme (SACC)
• SONET
• DPROAS
• IAS-PRECURSOR
• Project on American Monsoons of WMO Tropical Meteorology Research Programme
• ECLAT
• GOOS

V. Proposed Field Programmes

VI. Working Groups on the Monsoon Systems

• North and Central American monsoon system
• South American monsoon system

VII. Short reports

• Lessons from the NCEP reanalysis
• Influence of Atlantic SSTs on precipitation over South America
• SCSMEX logistics
• Moisture flow over N. America

VIII. Plenary discussion of the monsoon systems

• Ocean-atmosphere interactions
• Land-atmosphere interactions

IX. VAMOS: Thematic Foci and Working Groups

• Process studies
• Data
• Enhanced monitoring
• Stratus
• South American Monsoon

X. Critical dates and action items for VAMOS

• Time line with critical dates and schedule for preparing workshop report

CLIVAR time line

XI. Agency remarks

• GCIP perspective on VAMOS

XII. CLIVAR VAMOS panel

XIII. References

Appendix A; List of participants

Appendix B: Workshop Agenda