Session 5 |
| | South American Monsoon System I |
| 8:30 AM | 5.1 | Impact of heat sources in the tropical Americas: role of the non-linear interaction between Kelvin and Rossby Waves 
Pedro L. Silva Dias, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil; and C. F. Raupp and I. A. Santos |
| 8:45 AM | 5.2 | The infuence of the Andes on the Argentine-Uruguayan Pampas summer climate simulated by a General Circulation Model
Silvio N. Figueroa, INPE, Cachoeira Paulista, SP, Brazil; and C. A. Nobre |
| 9:00 AM | 5.3 | Wintertime precipitation over the South American Altiplano
Patricio Aceituno, Dpt. of Geophysics. Universidad de Chile, Santiago, R.M., Chile; and R. D. Garreaud and J. Ronchail |
| 9:15 AM | 5.4 | Seasonal and sub-seasonal variability of the South American monsoon
Manoel Alonso Gan, INPE, SãoJosé dos Campos, São Paulo, Brazil; and V. E. Kousky and C. F. Ropelewski |
| 9:30 AM | 5.5 | The relationship of the South American Low-Level Jet to the formation and maintenance of large mesoscale convective systems.
Edward J Zipser, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; and M. Nicolini and P. Salio |
| 9:45 AM | 5.6 | Contribution of mesoscale convective systems to rainfall totals over South America
Galdino Viana Mota, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; and E. J. Zipser |
| 10:00 AM | | Coffee Break
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| 10:30 AM | 5.7 | Plenary Talk: Biosphere-Atmosphere Interactions in Amazonia: Results of the LBA Experiment
Carlos A. Nobre, INPE, Cachoeira Paulista, SP, Brazil; and M. A. F. D. S. Dias, P. Artaxo, F. Luizão, A. D. Nobre, T. D. A. Sa, R. L. Victoria, and M. M. C. Bustamante |
| 11:00 AM | 5.8 | Interannual rainfall variability over South America and the South Atlantic
Martin C. Todd, University College London, London, United Kingdom; and R. Washington and T. Ng |
| 11:15 AM | 5.9 | A positive feedback process for maintaining the precipitation of the SACZ
Yasu-Masa Kodama, Hirosaki Univ., Hirosaki, Aomori, Japan |
| 11:30 AM | 5.10 | The interannual variability of South American monsoon and rainfall in subtropical South America
Vicente Barros Sr., University of Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina; and M. Gonzalez and M. Doyle |
| 11:45 AM | 5.11 | Atmospheric circulation anomalies during wet and dry episodes in Uruguay during austral spring and summer
Alvaro F. Díaz, Universidad de la Republica, Montevideo, Uruguay; and P. Aceituno |
| 12:00 PM | | Lunch Break
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