NAME: Hypothesis, Objectives

NORTH AMERICAN MONSOON EXPERIMENT (NAME)

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HYPOTHESIS

The NAMS provides a physical

basis for determining the degree of

predictability of warm season

precipitation over the region.

Intraseasonal Variability

Boundary Forcing?

Topographic and Sea-Land Influence

OBJECTIVES:

Better understanding and

simulation of:

• warm season convective

processes in complex terrain

(TIER I);

• intraseasonal variability of

the monsoon (TIER II);

• response of warm season

circulation and precipitation

to slowly varying boundary

conditions (SST, soil

moisture) (TIER III);

• monsoon evolution and

variability (TIER I, II, III).

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