Session 14B | 
|   | Climate Processes in the Americas and Eastern Pacific II (Parallel with Sessions 14A, 14C, and 14D) | 
|   | Organizer: Walter Peterson, Colorado State University, Boulder, CO 
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 | 2:00 PM | 14B.1 | Onset of the rainy season over Tropical Brazil in Observationsand A general Circulation Model Simulation     Brant Liebmann, NOAA/CIRES/CDC, Boulder, CO; and D. Allured, A. Seth, and S. J. Camargo | 
 | 2:15 PM | 14B.2 | Observational Study of the mid summer drought during the Climate Experiment in the Americas warm pools     Ernesto Caetano, National Autonomous Univ. of Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico; and V. Magaña | 
 | 2:30 PM | 14B.3 | Study of the factors that induced an unusual drought in Guadeloupe (FWI)    Christian Asselin de Beauville, Université des Antilles et de la Guyane, Pointe à Pitre, Guadeloupe; and F. Pagney, A. Bonneton, B. Dudon, and C. A. Pontikis | 
 |   | 14B.4 | Gulf surges: mean characteristics from 9 years of radiosonde data and NCEP real analyses    Michael W. Douglas, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and J. C. Leal | 
 | 2:44 PM | 14B.5 | Central American cold surges and precipitation    Teresa M. Bals-Elsholz, Valparaiso University, Valparaiso, IN | 
 | 2:59 PM | 14B.6 | Ocean model simulations of a gap wind event in the Gulf of Tehuantepec     Jon M. Schrage, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN; and C. A. Clayson, D. M. Schultz, and R. J. Machtmes |