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REGIONAL / HYBRID MODELS

PREDICTIVE CAPABILITIES:

• Significant descriptive / predictive ability in “predictive” mode.

• Substantial ability to document the NAM when operating in “analysis” mode.

SCIENCE ISSUES:

• To improve the representation of convective precipitation, especially in

complex terrain.

OBSERVATIONAL NEEDS:

• Improved precipitation observations [gauge, remote sensing] that resolve the diurnal cycle, that sample the topographic influence and that are distributed and integrated.

• Investigate topography-induced circulations [radar].

• Document the low-level wind / moisture fields [radiosondes 4-6 times per day]

NAMAP is the basis for a second NAME team focused on the

modeling-observations link for the regional / hybrid models.

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