The context
Recommendation: The U.S. CLIVAR SSC has recommended that NAME organizes a Mesoscale Modeling-Observations (MM-OBS) team aimed at interlinking the mesoscale modeling community (especially physical parameterization interests) and NAME field measurements.
Motivation: Contribute to a ramp-up strategy for the NAME Field Campaign; provide guidance on needs and priorities for NAME observations; identify sustained observational requirements; identify additional process studies necessary to reduce uncertainties;
Focus: Parallel to the Atmospheric Global Circulation Model–Observations (AGCM-OBS) team focus on the warm-season diurnal cycle over the US and Mexico in AGCM’s.