## VAMOS/PACS Workshop on Field Programmes

University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil,

March 30 - April 2, 1998

Bob Weller and Carlos Nobre (Eds.)

December 1998

### Table of Contents

I. Introduction

II. Summary

III. Review of VAMOS Science Objectives

- American Monsoon Systems
- Processes of the Monsoon Systems
- Predictability and Prediction

IV. Review of Current Related Field Programmes

- LBA
- Other GEWEX efforts, including GCIP
- PACS
- EPIC
- CORC (Consortium of the Ocean's Role in Climate)
- PIRATA
- IAI
- Low Level jet
- Meteorological field programmes in northern Chile
- South Atlantic Climate Programme (SACC)
- SONET
- DPROAS
- IAS-PRECURSOR
- Project on American Monsoons of WMO Tropical Meteorology Research Programme
- ECLAT
- GOOS

V. Proposed Field Programmes

VI. Working Groups on the Monsoon Systems

- North and Central American monsoon system
- South American monsoon system

VII. Short reports

- Lessons from the NCEP reanalysis
- Influence of Atlantic SSTs on precipitation over South America
- SCSMEX logistics
- Moisture flow over N. America

VIII. Plenary discussion of the monsoon systems

- Ocean-atmosphere interactions
- Land-atmosphere interactions

IX. VAMOS: Thematic Foci and Working Groups

- Process studies
- Data
- Enhanced monitoring
- Stratus
- South American Monsoon

X. Critical dates and action items for VAMOS

- Time line with critical dates and schedule for preparing workshop report

CLIVAR time line

XI. Agency remarks

- GCIP perspective on VAMOS

XII. CLIVAR VAMOS panel

XIII. References

Appendix A; List of participants

Appendix B: Workshop Agenda