VAMOS/PACS Workshop on Field Programmes - CLIVAR VAMOS Panel 1st Session
Monday, March 30, 1998:
The goal for the first day is to provide a review of the science objectives related to the Variability of the American monsoon systems and then work toward a consensus on the objectives, questions, and hypotheses that VAMOS Field Programmes should address. Each talk should end with a summary list of scientific objectives and questions that will form the basis for the development during the rest of the meeting of field programmes.
Morning:
Welcome E. Campos, C. R. Mechoso, A. Villwock
Session co-chairs: J. Paegle/T. Ambrizzi
a) North American Monsoon System (W. Higgins)
b) Central American Monsoon System (A. Douglas)
c) South American Monsoon System (P. Silva Dias)
Afternoon:
Session co-chairs: P.Aceituno / I. Wainer
a) The role of atmospheric processes: V. B. Rao
b) The role of ocean processes: B. Weller
c) The role of land processes: R. Koster
d) The role of coupled atmosphere-ocean processes: P. Chang
e) Predictability and prediction: A. Moura
Tuesday, March 31, 1998:
Morning:
The goals for the morning are to identify what relevant field work has already begun or been planned and to begin to establish focal points for VAMOS field programmes. Review of field work in progress and or planned, both as part of VAMOS and as part of related programmes that will add to, support or provide the context for VAMOS field programs. me. These are meant to be overviews, providing summaries of science objectives, summary time lines.
Session co-chairs: D. Enfield / V. Barros
a) LBA: C. Nobre
b) Other GEWEX efforts, including GCIP: R. Lawford/J. MacLeese
c) PACS: R. Weller/S. Esbensen
d) CORC (Consortium of the Ocean's Role in Climate): D. Rogers
e) PIRATA: M. Vianna
f) IAI: B. Wilcox
g) Meteorological field programmes in northern Chile: P. Aceituno
i) South Atlantic Climate Program (SACC): E. Campos, R. Matano
j) PACS-SOunding NETwork (SONET): M. Douglas
k) DPROAS: Castro
l) Intra American Seas/PRECURSOR: C. Mooers
m) Project on American Monsoons of WMO Tropical Meteorology Research Programme: A. Grimm
n) French Atlantic programme, ECLAT: J. Picaut
Afternoon:
Session co-chairs: C. Vera / E. Campos
a) South American low level jet: M. Nicolini)
b)? P. Aceituno
c) Influence of tropical Atlantic SST: P. Nobre
a) North and Central American Monsoon
b) South American Monsoon
Wednesday, April 1st, 1998:
Morning:
a) Lessons from the NCEP reanalysis: V. Kousky
b) Influence of Atlantic SSTs on precipitation over South America: A. Robertson
c) SCSMEX logistics: G. Emmanuel
a) Ocean-atmosphere interactions (chairs: S. Esbensen and D. Rogers)
b) Land-atmosphere interactions (chairs: J. Shuttleworth and C. Nobre)
Afternoon:
Further recommendations following the morning plenary:
a) Moisture flow over N. America: W. Higgins
b) Proposal of a pilot field experiment to characterize the Central South American low level jet: M. Nicolini
a) Process studies
b) Data
c) Enhanced monitoring
d) Stratus
e) South American Monsoon
Thursday, April 2, 1998:
Morning:
Session co-chairs (B. Weller/C. Nobre)
The goals are to review the proposed field programmes, confirm consensus, identify the people who will follow through with writing the proposed programs up and to work-up a timeline summarizing all the programs.
CLIVAR time line (A. Villwock)
NOAA OGP perspective (M. Patterson)
GCIP perspective on VAMOS (R. Lawford)
Reaction of Agencies and Nations (Agency and National representatives)
Conclusion of the Workshop on Field Programmes
Afternoon:
CLIVAR VAMOS Panel Meeting - 1st Session
Pictures from the VAMOS Panel Meeting
