NAME - Tier 3 Continental-scale monsoon circulation
How is the evolution of the warm season precipitation regime over North America related to the seasonal evolution of the boundary conditions?
What are the interrelationships between year-to-year variations in the boundary conditions, the atmospheric circulation and the continental hydrologic regime?
What are the links, if any, between the strength of the summer monsoon in southwestern North America and summertime precipitation over the central United States?
Can coupled models reproduce the summer precipitation in average years and years with ENSO/PDO influence?
What are the relationships between the incidence and intensity of extreme events (e.g. floods, droughts, hurricanes) and climate variability on intraseasonal-to-interannual time scales?