Session 3 |
| | Variability of the American Monsoon (VAMOS) Ocean-Cloud-Atmosphere-Land Study (VOCALS): Part 3. Mesoscale Meteorology and Oceanography |
| | Chair: Christopher W. Fairall, NOAA/ESRL/PSD, Boulder, CO
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| 4:00 PM | 3.1 | The PreVOCA model assessment  
Matthew C. Wyant, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; and R. Wood, C. R. Mechoso, and C. S. Bretherton |
| 4:15 PM | | Clouds, continents, and the large scale circulation
Carlos R. Mechoso, Univ. of California, Los Angeles, CA |
| 4:30 PM | 3.2 | Mesoscale observations in the Peruvian upwelling region: preliminary results from the VOCALS Peru cruise
Carmen Grados, Instituto del Mar del Peru, IMARPE, Callao, Callao, Peru; and Y. Silva, A. Chaigneau, G. Eldin, L. Vasquez, P. Ayon, M. Graco, S. Sanchez, and J. Ledesma |
| 4:45 PM | 3.3 | Observations of oceanic mesoscale eddies in the VOCALS region
Peter Gaube, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR; and D. Chelton |
| 5:00 PM | 3.4 | HiGEM: High resolution global coupled climate modelling in the South East Pacific
Len Shaffrey, NCAS-Climate, University of Reading, Reading, United Kingdom; and T. Toniazzo and J. Slingo |
| 5:15 PM | 3.5 | Ocean surface heat budget and ocean eddy transport in the South-East Pacific in a high-resolution coupled model
Thomas Toniazzo, NCAS-Climate, University of Reading, Reading, United Kingdom; and C. R. Mechoso, L. Shaffrey, and J. Slingo |
| 5:30 PM | 3.6 | Inter-Hemispheric Influence of the Atlantic Warm Pool on the Southeast Pacific
Chunzai Wang, NOAA/AOML, Miami, FL; and S. K. Lee, C. R. Mechoso, and D. B. Enfield |