Model Development in NAME
- The leading factors that limit precipitation forecast skill in both global and regional models during the warm season are deficiencies in how we model “local” processes that modulate deep convection.
- In order to achieve the desired improvements, NAME Tier 1 activities will focus on the diurnal cycle of convection in the core monsoon region of NW Mexico, a region of complex terrain and land/sea contrasts.
- The NAME Enhanced Observation Period in summer 2004 will provide improved estimates of the 3-D structure of the monsoon and its variability on diurnal to monthly time scales.