| 8:30 AM | 6B.1 | Seasonal forecasting at ECMWF D.L.T. Anderson, ECMWF, Reading, Berks., United Kingdom; and M. A. Balmaseda, L. Ferranti, J. Segschneider, T. Stockdale, J. Vialard, and F. Vitard |
| | 6B.5 | Multi seasonal rainfall assessments for southren Africa using the CSIRO9 AGCM Hannes (C.J.deW.) Rautenbach, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa |
| 9:30 AM | 6B.6 | Seasonal forecasting potential of maize yield in southern Africa Richard Washington, University of Oxford, Oxford, England; and R. V. Martin and T. E. Downing |
| 9:45 AM | | Morning Coffee Break
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| 10:15 AM | 6B.7 | Downscaling GCM simulations to rainfall and stream flow Willem A. Landman, South African Weather Bureau, Pretoria, South Africa; and S. J. Mason, P. D. Tyson, and W. J. Tennant |
| 10:30 AM | 6B.8 | Eta model forecasts over South America with improved land-surface processes representation Sin Chan Chou, CPTEC/INPE, Cachoeira Paulista, SP, Brazil; and J. F. Bustamante, J. L. Gomes, and J. R. Rozante |
| 10:45 AM | 6B.9 | Climate Variability in Southeastern South America Related to ENSO. A Numerical Study Gabriel Cazes, IMFIA-Universidad de la Republica, Montevideo, Uruguay; and G. Pisciottano |
| 11:00 AM | 6B.10 | The Regional Spectral Model Performance over the South America during the Niño Year (1997/1998) José A. Vergara, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile; and R. Schmitz |
| 11:15 AM | 6B.11 | ENSO Drought Onset Prediction in Northeast Brazil Using Satellite Recorded Index William T. Liu, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil; and R. I. Negrón-Juárez |