NAMAP: What have we learned so far?
All models simulate a summer precip maximum; the two global models exhibit delayed monsoon onset (Aug instead of Jul)
Precip diurnal cycle issues: magnitude of late-day convection, amount of nocturnal rainfall?
Surface quantities (T, LH, SH fluxes) seem very poorly constrained; huge model differences (no validation data)
Great Plains LLJ weakens after monsoon onset
Low-level (slope?) jets occur -- but only weakly tied to NAME precip? Needs additional analysis, and close observation in 2004 field season