| Projects by Start Date (FY): 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 |
| Projects by Research Area: Air-Sea Interaction | Land Surface Processes & Modeling | Climate Phenomena | Hydrologic Applications | CPPA Data Management & Programmatic Support
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| FY 2009 |
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| Ernesto H. Berbery, University of Maryland, College Park and Kingtse C. Mo, NOAA/NCEP/CPC |
Monitoring and Prediction of Hydroclimate over Pan America based on the Climate Forecast System Reanalysis and Reforecast Products |
| Lance F. Bosart, University at Albany/SUNY |
Intraseasonal and Interannual Variability of the North Pacific Jet Stream: A Governor of Seasonal Climate Predictability in the Americas |
| Allen Bradley and Anton Kruger, University of Iowa; Stuart S. Schwartz, University of Maryland Baltimore County |
The Use of Retrospective Hydrologic Forecasts for Forecast System Improvement Using Hydrologic Forecast Verification Concepts
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| Grant Branstator, NCAR and Joseph Tribbia, NCAR |
Systematic Investigation of the Effect of Fluctuations in Tropical Heating on the Circulation, Weather and Rainfall of the Americas |
| Fei Chen, NCAR;Christine Wiedinmyer, and Michael Barlage, NCAR; Jeffrey A. Hicke, University of Idaho. |
Including the Impacts of Forest Disturbances in Western North America in Climate Models |
| Qi S. Hu, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Robert Oglesby and S. Feng, University of Nebraska-Lincoln |
Understanding and predicting tropical and North Atlantic SST forcing on variations in warm season precipitation over North America |
| Xianan Jiang, UCLA; Duane Waliser, JIFRESSE/UCLA; Stephen Lord, EMC/NCEP/NOAA;Augustin Vintzileos, EMC/NCEP/NOAA |
Two Dominant Modes of the Subseasonal Variability of the Eastern Pacific ITCZ: Connections between Extreme Events, Subseasonal and Interannual Variability |
| Jin Jiming, Utah State University |
Modeling and Analysis of the Impact of Lakes on Seasonal and Interannual Climate Variability Over the Contiguous United States Using a Regional Climate Model
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| Ruby Leung, Battelle, Pacific Northwest Division; Xu Liang, University of Pittsburgh |
The Role of Surface, Subsurface, and Vegetation Processes on
Droughts
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| Maloney E.D., Colorado State University; Xie S.P., University of Hawaii |
Remote versus local forcing of intraseasonal variability in the IAS region: Consequences for prediction
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| Eric D. Maloney, Colorado State University; and Dargan M. Frierson, University of Washington |
The Madden-Julian Oscillation: Model Development and Diagnosis of Mechanisms |
| Chunzai Wang, NOAA/AOML; David Enfield and Sang-Ki Lee, NOAA/AOML |
Diagnostic and Modeling Studies on Impacts, Mechanisms and Predictability of the Atlantic Warm Pool |
| Eric F. Wood, Princeton University, and Dennis P. Lettenmaier, University of Washington |
Development of an experimental national hydrologic prediction system |
| Renguang Wu (Center for Ocean-Land-Atmosphere Studies); Benjamin P. Kirtman (Rosentiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science,
University of Miami) |
Atmosphere-Ocean Interactions and Summer Rainfall Variability
and Predictability in the Intra-Americas Region
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| Chidong Zhang, University of Miam; Augustin Vintzileos, EMC/NCEP/NOAA |
Role of Diabatic Heating Profiles in MJO Simulation and Prediction |
| Guang J. Zhang, Scripps Institution of Oceanography |
Understanding and Improving the Simulation of Madden-Julian Oscillations in Global Climate Models |
| FY 2008 |
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| Bruce Albrecht, University of Miami, Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences |
Studies of Cloud, Drizzle, Turbulence, and Boundary Layer Variability over the Eastern Pacific in Support of the VOCALS Regional Experiment |
| Ray Arritt, Eugene S. Takle, William Gutowski, Christopher J. Anderson, Iowa State University, Masao Kanamitsu, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, L. Ruby Leung, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Hann-Ming Henry Juang, NCEP |
Multi- RCM Ensemble Downscaling (MRED) of Multi-GCM Seasonal Forecasts |
| Mathew Barlow, University of Massachusetts Lowell |
Remote and regional forcing of US drought |
| Alan Brewer, NOAA/ESRL |
Shipboard Observations and Modeling of Aerosol-Cloud-Precipitation- Dynamical interactions in the South Eastern Pacific |
| Leo J. Donner, Jean-Christophe Golaz, NOAA/GFDL |
Using VOCALS to develop and evaluate stratiform cloud
parameterizations incorporating sub-grid vertical velocity variability |
| Christopher Fairall, Simon DeSzoeke, NOAA /ESRL, S. Yuter, North Carolina State University |
Ship-based Observations of Air-sea Interaction and Stratocumulus Cloud-Aerosol-Drizzle Processes in VOCALS |
| Huei-Ping Huang, Yochanan Kushnir, Richard Seager, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, the Earth Institute at Columbia University |
The Mechanisms and Predictability of Multi-basin Influences on North American Droughts |
| Dennis P. Lettenmaier, University of Washington |
Seasonal hydrologic and drought predictability using the University of Washington west-wide seasonal hydrologic forecast system |
| Xin-Zhong Liang and Kenneth E. Kunkel, Illinois State Water Survey, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
CWRF Downscaling Seasonal Climate Prediction over the United States |
| Xin-Zhong Liang and Kenneth E. Kunkel, Illinois State Water Survey |
Optimal Ensemble Mesoscale Downscaling Prediction of USA Seasonal-Interannual Climate Variations |
| Brant Liebmann, CIRES/ESRL, Carolina Vera, University of Buenos Aires |
Intraseasonal Variability of South American Precipitation |
| Lixin Lu, Roger A. Pielke, Sr., Univeristy of Colorado |
Dynamical Downscaling Global Climate Models' Seasonal Predictions Atmospheric Modeling System (RAMS)
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| J. David Neelin, Benjamin R. Lintner, University of California, Los Angeles |
Drought Mechanisms, Teleconnections, and Convective Margins |
| Michael Notaro and Zhengyu Liu, University of Wisconsin-Madison |
Impact of Vegetation on North American Climate |
| Mutlu Ozdogan, University of Wisconsin, Matthew Rodell, NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center |
The Role of Irrigated Croplands in North American Hydroclimatic Regimes |
| Soroosh Sorooshian, Xiaogang Gao, Kuo-lin Hsu, and Jialun Li, University of California, Irvine |
Investigating the Southwestern United States hydroclimate intraseasonal variability for enhancing land surface representations in a regional climate model |
| David Toll, NASA/GSFC, Brian Cosgrove, NASA-SAIC, Paul Houser, CREW/GMU, Jiarui Dong, NASA-UMBC/GEST, and Luis Gustavo de Goncalves, NASA-NPP/ORAU |
NASA Land Information System Development, Application and Validation for Improving Ensemble Hydrologic Prediction in Support of NOAA NWSRFS |
| Huug van den Dool and Yun Fan, Climate Prediction Center NCEP/NOAA |
Predictability of Drought and other near surface extreme events in the Americas |
| Guiling Wang , University of Connecticut |
Soil moisture-vegetation-precipitation feedback over North
The search for observational evidence
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| Hailan Wang, University of Maryland at Baltimore County (UMBC), Siegfried Schubert, NASA/GSFC, Junye Chen and Phillip Arkin, University of Maryland at College Park |
Roles of ENSO and Slowly Varying SST Modes in Influencing the Development of Drought over the United States: A Modeling Study |
| Robert Weller, Fiammetta Straneo, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution |
Upper Ocean Response Under the Stratus Deck |
| Eric F. Wood, Princeton University |
Identifying Mechanisms of US Drought Initiation, Persistence and Recovery using
Observations, Reanalysis and Climate Model Data.
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| Yongkang Xue, UCLA |
Downscaling of CFS seasonal predictions using regional climate model coupled with SSiB land scheme |
| FY 2007 |
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| Dickinson, Robert E., Georgia Institute of Technology and Wanru Wu, Climate Prediction Center/NCEP/NOAA |
Improving the Coupling between Soil Moisture and Precipitation over
North America through Integrated Observational and Modeling Approaches
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| Douglas, Arthur V., Creighton University |
The warm water pools of the western Caribbean and eastern tropical Pacific: Their influence on the predictability of intraseasonal rainfall regimes in Mexico and basin wide tropical storm activity |
| Douglas, Michael W., National Severe Storms Laboratory |
Explaining the spatial variability of the mid-summer drought over
the Inter-American Seas region
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| Fairall, Christopher W., NOAA/Earth System Research Laboratory; Yuqing Wang,
University of Hawaii at Manoa
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Evaluation and Improvement of NOAA Climate GCM Air-Sea Interaction Physics: An EPIC/VOCALS Synthesis Project |
| Gutzler, David S., The University of New Mexico |
The Seasonal Cycle of Drought |
| Hartten, Leslie M., NOAA/ESRL and CIRES |
Variability of Daily Cycles during the North American Monsoon:
Observations, Analyses, and Simulations
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| Houser, Paul, CREW |
Developing a Practical Snow Data Assimilation Method |
| Johnson, Richard H., Colorado State University |
Monsoon Flow and its Variability during NAME: Observations and Models |
| Jones, Charles and Leila M. V. Carvalho, University of California, Santa Barbara; Brant Liebmann, CIRES-NOAA. |
Understanding the Mechanisms of Onset and Demise of the
South American Monsoon System
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| Koster, Randal, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center |
GLACE-2: Quantifying the Effects of Land Moisture Initialization on Precipitation Forecasts |
| Lettenmaier, Dennis P. and Andrew W. Wood, University of Washington |
Transfer of University of Washington West-wide forecast system and National Surface Water Monitor results and methods to NCEP |
| Leung, L. Ruby, Battelle Pacific Northwest Laboratory; Alex Hall and Jim McWilliams, University of California at Los Angeles |
Air-Sea-Land Interactions in the North American Monsoon and Implications for Climate Prediction |
| Mechoso, C. R., UCLA; H Pan, EMC/NCEP |
To improve modeling, simulation and prediction of the tropical climate with coupled GCMs |
| Meitín, José , NCAR Earth Observing Laboratory (EOL) |
VAMOS Programs Support Center |
| Misra, Vasubandhu, COLA |
Experimental High Resolution Seasonal Climate and Hydrologic Prediction and Predictability Studies of the Pan-American and South American Monsoons from Intra-Seasonal to Seasonal Scales |
| Nesbitt, Stephen W., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
Diurnal variations and forcing of precipitation systems in the North American Monsoon system |
| Piechota, Thomas, University of Nevada (UNLV); Hamid Moradkhani, Portland State University |
Improving Ensemble Streamflow Prediction Using Interdecadal/Interannual Climate Variability and Model Uncertainties |
| Rickenbach, Thomas M. and Rosana Nieto Ferreira, San Jose' State University |
Onset of the South American Monsoon: Mechanisms and Predictability |
| Vivoni, Enrique R. , New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology (NMT) |
Improved Seasonal Streamflow Forecasts in the Río Sonora Basin |
| Wang, Wanqiu and Pingping Xie, CPC/NCEP/NOAA |
Influence of Sea Surface Temperatures on the Diurnal Cycle of the North American Monsoon System |
| Williams, Steven, NCAR Earth Observing Laboratory (EOL) |
Climate Prediction Program for the Americas (CPPA) Data Management |
| Williams, Steven, NCAR Earth Observing Laboratory (EOL) |
Development of the CEOP Phase II Reference Site Data Set |
| Xue, Yongkang, UCLA |
The role of vegetation in North American climate variability and prediction - A study using the coupled global/regional/land models |
| Yang, Zong-Liang, The University of Texas at Austin |
Improving Hydrological Representations in the Community Noah Land Surface Model for Intra-seasonal to Interannual Prediction Studies |
| Zeng, Ning, University of Maryland; Arun Kumar, CPC/NCEP/NOAA; Renu Joseph, University of Maryland |
Development of a Seasonal Fire Danger Potential Prediction Capability
based on CFS and a Dynamic Vegetation Growth Model
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| Zuidema, Paquita, University of Miami |
Evaporation and Microphysical Structure within the North American Monsoon and Eastern Pacific |
| FY 2006 |
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| Bras, Rafael, Massachusetts Institute of Tech.; David Goodrich, US Dept of Agriculture |
Prediction of Seasonal to Inter-annual Hydro-climatology Including the Effects of Vegetation and Topography over Large River Basins |
| Bretherton, Christopher, University of Washington |
Development and Application of EPIC Intergrated Datasets for Atmospheric and Coupled Modeling |
| Clark, Martyn, University of Colorado; Andrew Slater, CIRES, University of Colorado at Boulder, DJ Sea. NWS Office of Hydrological Development |
Incorporating Knowledge of Observational Uncertainties in Streamflow Forecasting Applications for the Western USA Mountains |
| Cosgrove, Brian, Charles Alonge, Science Applications International Corporation and NASA/GSFC |
Application of NARR-Based NLDAS Ensemble Simulation to Continental-Scale Drought Monitoring |
| Dirmeyer, Paul, IGES/COLA |
Investigation of Land-Atmosphere Predictability Using a Multi-Model Strategy |
| Fairall, Chris, NOAA /Environmental Technology Lab |
Shipboard Monitoring of Air-Sea Flux and Cloud Processes in the Southeast Pacific Stratocumulus Region |
| Fu, Rong, Georgia Institute of Technology |
Roles of Land Surface Processes and Large-Scale Atmospheric Circulation in Determining the Transition to Warm Season Precipitation Regime and Summer Drought in the Southeast United States |
| Kumar, Praveen, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
Influence of Deep-Rooted Vegetation Environments on Climate Predictability |
| Lettenmaier, Dennis, University of Washington and Andrea Ray, NOAA/CDC |
Intraseasonal-To-Interannual Hydrologic Prediction and Water Resource Applications in the NAME Ties 1 Core Area |
| Leung, Ruby, DOE/ Battelle Memorial Institute and Xu Liang, University of California, Berkeley |
Impacts of Assimilating Remotely Sensed Snow on the Prediction of Orographic Precipitation and Streamflow in the Western United States |
| Mitchell, Ken, NOAA/NCEP, Pedro Restrepo and John Schaake, NOAA/Office of Hydrology Lab |
NCEP Core Project Report
OHD Core Project Report
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| Mo, Kingtse, NOAA/NCEP/CPC |
A Drought Monitoring and Early Warning System for the United States |
| Nigam, Sumant, Alfredo Ruiz-Barradas, University of Maryland |
Warm Season Predictability of Great Plains Hydroclimate |
| Paegle, Julia, University of Utah, Andrea Celeste Saulo, CIMA/UBA/CONICET |
Diagnostic and Numerical Studies with SALLJEX Data from the Diurnal to the Intraseasonal Time Scales |
| Perica, Sanja, University of Utah |
Statistical Evaluation of Global Model Ensemble Forecasts in Support of Ensemble Streamflow Prediction |
| Serra, Yolande, University of Arizona |
Variability and Dynamics of Atlantic and Pacific Easterly Waves in Observations and Operational Models |
| Sorooshian, Soroosh, Xiaogang Gao, University of California, Irvine |
Enhancing the Accuracy and Functionality of the Ensemble Streamflow Prediction (ESP) Program in the National Weather Service River Forecast System (NWSRFS) |
| Thomas, Leif, Woods Hole Oceanographic institution |
Frontal Dynamics and Lateral Mixing at the Equator with Application to the EPIC/IOP |
| Wang, Chunzai, Sang-Ki Lee, David B. Enfield, NOAA/OAR/AOML |
Climate Impacts of the Western Hemisphere Warm Pool on the Americas |
| Webster, Peter, Georgia Institute of Technology |
Intraseasonal Variability of the Monsoon Systems of the Americas: Processes, predictability and prediction |
| Wood, Eric, Princeton University |
The Influence of Land Surface State Initialization on Seasonal Forecasts Skill in the NCEP NOAA-LSM Climate Forecast System (CFS-NOAA) |
| Xie, Pingping, Wangqui Wang, Wayne Higgins, CPC/NCEP/NOAA, Phillip A. Arkin ESSIC, Univ of Maryland, Meghan F. Cronin, PMEL/NOAA |
Assessing the NCEP CFS Model Bias over the Tropical Eastern Pacific Stratus Deck and its Impact on the Simulation of Climate |
| Zuidema, Paquita, University of Miami |
Eastern Pacific Stratocumulus Liquid Water Path, Radiatively- Derived Cloud Properties, Drizzle, and Boundary-Layer Dynamics |
| FY 2005 |
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| Avissar, Roni, Duke University |
The Coupled Effects of Orography and Land on the Hydrometeorology of the Western Cordillera |
| Famiglietti, Jay, University of California, Irvine, Matthew Rodell, Hydrological Sciences Branch, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center |
Basin-Scale Terrestrial Water Storage Variations Using GRACE and Implications for Land Memory Processes |
| Gong, Gavin, Dept of Earth and Environmental Engineering, Mingfang, Ting, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Joshua Qian, International Research Institute for Climate Prediction, Columbia University |
The Integrated Role of Snow, Orography and Dynamical Waves in Facilitating Western US Land Surface - Climate Linkages |
| Huang, Huei-Ping, Richard Seager, Yochanan Kushnir, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University |
Tropical Influences on Recent and Historical Droughts over North America |
| Lettenmaier, Dennis, University of Washington |
Development and Enhancement of University of Washington West-wide Seasonal Hydrologic Forecast System |
| Liston, Glen, Lixin Lu, Roger A. Pielke, A. Scott Denning, Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere (CIRA)Colorado State University |
A high-resolution meteorological distribution model for atmospheric, hydrologic, and ecologic applications |
| Maloney, Eric, Steven K. Esbensen, Oregon State University |
East Pacific Intraseasonal Oscillations and Air-Sea Interaction during Northern Hemisphere Summer |
| Mechoso, Roberto, A. Arakawa, University of California, Los Angeles |
Continuation of Research on Rainfall Variability in the Americas: The South American Monsoon System |
| Neelin, David,, Matthias Munnich, J. C. McWilliams, University of California, Los Angeles |
Pathways of Ocean-Atmosphere Coupling Impacting Precipitation in the Americas |
| Schemm, Jae, Wayne Higgins, K. Mo, NOAA/NCEP/CPC, David Gutzler, University of New Mexico, Brian Mapes, NOAA/CIRES/CDC, S. Moorthi, NOAA NCEP/EMC, S. Schubert, NOASA CSFC, G. White, NCEP/EMCL |
NAME Climate Process and Modeling Team |
| Wood, Eric, Princeton University |
A Hydrologic Ensemble Seasonal Forecast System over the Eastern U.S. |
| Xue, Yongkang, University of California, Los Angeles |
Investigation of the Impact of Surface Boundary Forcing on South American Monsoon System (SAMS) Using Coupled Global and Regional Atmosphere/Land Surface Models |
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| Albrecht, Bruce, University of Miami/RSMAS |
Process Studies of Marine Boundary Layer Clouds and Structures over the Eastern Pacific |
| Avissar, Roni, Duke University |
Interactions between Agricultural Development in Southwestern US/Northwestern Mexico and the North American Monsoon with a Focus on Water Resources |
| Berbery, Hugo, University of Maryland |
Regional Diagnosis and Predictability of the North American Land Surface-Water- Cycle Interations |
| Bosilovitch, Mike, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center |
North American Monsoon Onset and Maintenance Sensitivity to Land and Ocean Surface Conditions |
| Cotton, William, Colorado State University |
Sensitivity of the North American Monsoon to Soil Moisture, and Vegitation, and its Telecommunication Mechanisms into the U.S.: A Modeling and Observational Study |
| Douglas, Arthur, Creighton University |
Enhanced Radiosonde Observations in Mexico During NAME and Support for the NAME Forecast Office Centers |
| Douglas, Michael, NOAA National Severe Storms Laboratory, Christopher Watts, IMADES, Russell Scott, USDA |
The Role of Sea Surface Temperature and Vegetation Characteristics in the Seasonal Evolution of Summer Rains over Northwestern Mexico |
| Douglas, Michael, NOAA National Severe Storms Laboratory |
A Regional-Scale Atmospheric Sounding Network in Support of the North American Monsoon Experiment |
| Douglas, Michael, NOAA National Severe Storms Laboratory |
Moisture Fluxes and Mesoscale Circulations Associated with the North American Monsoon System |
| Douglas, Michael, NOAA National Severe Storms Laboratory |
The Role of Oceanic Processes on Gulf of California SST Evolution during the NAME |
| Duffy, Christopher, Pennsylvania State University, and Danny Marks, U.S. Dept. of Agriculture |
Integrated Modeling of Snow, Soil Moisture, Groundwater, and Lake-Levels for Long Range Forecasting of Water Resources in the Great Salt Lake Basin |
| Gochis, David, NCAR, Christopher Watts, IMADES, Jaime Garatuza-Payan, Mexico, Wei Shi, NOAA/NCEP |
Coordinated Analysis and Management of the NAME Enhanced Surface Raingage Network |
| Grell, Georg, NOAA/FSL |
Toward Better Understanding and More Realistic Simulation of Warm Season Precipitation |
| Higgins, Wayne, NOAA/NCEP, Rene Lobato, Mexican Institute of Water Technology |
Enhancement of the Daily Raingauge Network in Mexico in Support of NAME |
| Horel, John, University of Utah |
Evaluation of the NCEP Regional Reanalyses over Complex Terrain |
| Jain, Shaleen, NOAA Climate Diagnostic Center, David Topping, U.S. Department of Interior |
Variability of Warm Season Floods in the Southwest US: Diagnosis, Impacts and Applications for Water and Adaptive Environmental Management |
| Jamison, Austin, NOAA/NWS |
Improvement of the Surface Weather Observation Network in the Arizona Portion of the NAME Tier 1 Region |
| Jensen, Michael, Brookhaven National Laboratory |
An Observational Study of Mid and Deep Convective Cloud Characteristics in the Eastern Tropical Pacific Ocean Using a Combination of EPIC and EOS Observations |
| Johnson, Richard, Colorado State University |
Study of Gulf Surges using QuickSCAT and NAME Field Observations |
| King, Clark, NOAA/ETL |
Boundary Layer, Flux, and Soil Moisture Studies for NAME, Including Deployment of a NOAA UHF Wind Profiler Array |
| Lakshmi, Venkat, University of South Carolina and Eric Small, University of Colorado |
Use of soil moisture observations for improved prediction of North American Monsoon precipitation variability |
| Lang, Timothy and Richard Carbone, NCAR |
Analysis and Diagnostic Studies from SMN Radar and Related Data in Support of NAME |
| Liebmann, Brant, NOAA/CDC |
Dynamics and Predictability of Rainy Season Onset and Demise for South America in Observations and GCM Simulations |
| Mo, Kingtse, NOAA/NCEP |
Regional Climate Data Assimilation System (R-CDAS) and NAME Data Impact and Prediction Experiments |
| Pielke, Sr., Roger, Colorado State University |
Continued Investigation of the North American Monsoon to Boundary and Regional Forcing with a Focus on Land-Atmosphere Interaction |
| Rutledge, Steven, Colorado State University, Christopher Fairall, NOAA/ETL and Walter Petersen |
Ship-Based Radar, Sounding, and Flux Observations in Support of NAME |
| Sorooshian, Soroosh, University of California, Irvine |
Predicting North American Monsoon Rainfall Using Mesoscale Modeling with an Emphasis of Satellite Data Assimilation |
| Stensrud, David, NOAA/NSSL |
Role of Tropical Easterly Waves in the Interannual Variability of Warm Season Precipitation over North America |
| Ting, Mingfang, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory/CICAR and Xin-Zhong Liang, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
The Role of Orography on the North American Monsoon Onset and Interannual Variability |
| Toll, David, NASA/GSFC |
An Intercomparison of LDAS Evapotranspiration and Soil Moisture Estimates with the Regional Reanalysis Data |
| Van den Dool, Huug, NOAA/NCEP |
Diagnostic and Predictive Studies of Land Surface Hydrology Employing New Data Sets |
| Weller, Robert, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution |
Air-Sea Interaction in the Eastern Tropical Pacific ITCZ/Cold Tongue Complex |
| Williams, Christopher, NOAA Aeronomy Laboratory |
Microphysical Properties of Monsoon Precipitation Retrieved from Precipitation Profilers in Support of NAME |
| Williams, Steve, UCAR Joint Office for Science Support |
Development of the CEOP EOP-3 Reference Site Data Set |
| FY 2003 |
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| Anderson, Bruce, Boston University |
Event-based Studies of Interannual Variations in Summertime Precipitation over the Southwestern United States |
| Arkin, Phillip, University of Maryland and Pingping Xie, NOAA/NCEP |
Monitoring and Diagnosis of Diurnal, Intraseasonal and Interannual Variability of Precipitation Associated with the North American Monsoon System |
| Avissar, Roni, Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering |
A Land-Surface Scheme for General Circulation Models
Based on Remotely-Sensed Parameters |
| Balaji, Rajagopalan, University of Colorado |
Understanding the Spatio-Temporal Variability of the North American Monsoon: Implications to Water Resources Managwment in the Southwestern U.S. |
| Berbery, Hugo, University of Maryland |
Mesoscale Diagnosis and Simulation of the South American Monsoon System and its Linkages to Hydrometeorological Processes over La Plata Basin |
| Bond, Nicholas, NOAA/OAR/PMEL |
Maintenance of Atmospheric Sounding during Buoy Operations in the Eastern Equatorial Pacific |
| Cronin, Meghan, NOAA/OAR |
Investigation of Synoptic Disturbances and their Effect on the Boundary Layer and SST in the East Pacific ITCZ on Seasonal and Interannual Time Scales |
| Douglas, Arthur,Creighton University |
Seasonal Variability of Rain Bearing Synoptic Systems in Northern Mexico and Associated Links with the North American Dipole in Summer Rainfall |
| Douglas, Michale,NOAA/NSSL |
Extension of the Pan American Climate Studies Sounding Network (PACS-SONET) for Continued Monitoring of Climate Variability over the Americas |
| Enfield, David and Wang, Chunzai, NOAA/AOML |
Processes that Affect the Annual and Interannual Variations of the Western Hemisphere Warm Pool |
| Fairall, Christopher,NOAA /ETL |
Shipboard Monitoring of Air-Sea Flux and Cloud Processes in the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans |
| Fairall, Christopher, NOAA /ETL |
Investigation of Cloud and Precipitation Aspects of Air-Sea Interaction in Eastern Pacific: Analysis of ETL Ship Based Data from EPIC 2001 |
| Fu, Rong, Georgia Institute of Technology |
Diagnosis of the Mechanisms that Control the Seasonal Geographic Advancement and Retreat of the Rainy Areas over South America |
| Hartten, Leslie, NOAA/OAR/AL |
Continuing Observations and Analysis of Lower-Tropospheric Dynamics over the Eastern Pacific |
| Higgins, Wayne, NOAA/NCEP |
Relationships between Moisture Transport and Precipitation during the North American Monsoon |
| Kim, Jinwon, University of California, Los Angeles |
Investigation of the Effects of Orography on the Cold-Season Hydrometeorology in California |
| Kumar, Praveen, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
Role of Deep Layer Terrestrial Memory in Hydrologic Predictability |
| Lettenmaier, Dennis, University of Washington |
Assessment of Land Surface Hydrologic Predictability in the NAME Region Using a Derived Long-term Land Surface Data Set (pdf) |
| Liebmann, Brant, NOAA/CDC, George Kiladis, NOAA/AL and Carolina Vera, Universidad de Buenos Aires |
Local and Remote Influences on Rainfall Variations and Extreme Events in the La Plata Basin |
| Marks, Danny, USDA |
Influence of Sub-grid Variability on Snow Deposition and Ablation in North American Mountain Environments: Implications for Upscaling to Mesoscale Representations |
| Mapes, Brian, University of Miami |
Fine Structure in North American Summer |
| Matthews, David, Bureau of Reclamation and Kristi Arsenault, NASA Goddard Space flight Center |
Improved Water Demand Forecasting for Water Resources Managers |
| Mechoso, Roberto, University of California, Los Angeles |
Developing the Computational Means to Understand Global Climate Variability on Seasonal-to-Interannual Time Scales |
| Paegle Julia, University of Utah |
Humid Regions of Subtropical South America and Moisture Fluxes |
| Ritchie, Elizabeth, University of New Mexico |
Tropical Cyclone Activity Associated with the North American Monsoon System |
| Roads, John, Scripps, University of California, San Diego |
US and Global Water and Energy Budget Studies: A Contribution to CEOP |
| Robock, Alan, Rutgers the State University of New Jersey |
Evaluation and Development of the Land Data Assimilation System (LDAS) Using Observations |
| Salstein, David, Atmospheric and Environmental Res. Inc. |
The Moisture Cycle during the North American Warm Season as Simulated in General Circulation and Regional Models |
| Schaake, John, NOAA/NWS |
Model Parameter Estimation Experiment (MOPEX) Phase III (pdf) |
| Schubert, Siegfried, NASA/GSFC, Isaac Held, NOAA /GFDL and Arun Kumar, NOAA/NCEP |
An Assessment and Analysis of the Warm Season Diurnal Cycle over the Continental United States in Global Atmospheric General Circulation Models |
| Shuttleworth, Jim, University of Arizona |
Enabling Hydrological Interpretation of Monthly to Seasonal Precipitation Forecasts in the Core NAM Region |
| Tarpley, Dan, NOAA/NESDIS |
Monitoring of Snow Depth Over Great Plains Using Satellite Observations Using Geostationary Satellites |
| Toth, Zoltan, EMC/NCEP/NOAA |
Assessing and Accounting for Model Related Errors in Climate Forecasting |
| Wang, Guiling, University of Connecticut |
Impact of Vegetation and Soil Moisture Feedback on Precipitation Over the Mississippi River Basin |
| Weller, Robert, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution |
Long-Term Evolution and Coupling of the Boundary Layers in the Stratus Deck Regions of the Eastern Pacific |
| Yang, Song, NOAA/NCEP |
Selective Response of precipitation to Temporally and Spatially Varying Forcing of Snow and Soil Moisture |
| Yang, Zongliang, University of Texas at Austin |
Understanding and Simulation of the Effects of Vegetation on the North American Monsoon Precipitation |
| Zhang, Guang, Scripps Institution of Oceanography |
Global Model Investigation of Warm Season Precipitation for North American Monsoon Experiment |
| FY 2002 |
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| Leung, Ruby L., Pacific Northwest National Laboratory |
Modeling the Topographic Influence on Cold Season Precipitation and ENSO Effects in the U.S. Pacific Northwest |
| Watkins, David W. and Nynaken, Deborah K., Dept. of Civil & Env. Eng.
Michigan Tech University |
Use Of Climate Forecasts in Multipurpose Reservoir System Management |
