Session: Regional Climate (Other Mini-Meetings)

P3.1

Diagnostic studies of a mid-tropospheric African easterly jet in the southern hemisphere and implications for the understanding of African climate

Jeremy Grist, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL; and S. E. Nicholson

P3.2

Satellite-observed extratropical forcing of southern hemisphere and enhancement of monsoon systems over the Indian region

Pramod Narayan Mahajan, Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, Pune, Maharashtra, India

P3.3

Cloud radiative forcing over South America: Comparison of CPTEC/COLA AGCM output with SRB data

Tatiana A. Tarasova, CPTEC/INPE, Cachoeira Paulista, SP, Brazil; and I. F. A. Cavalcanti

P3.4

The Pan American Climate Studies Sounding Network (PACS-SONET) Recent history and planned improvements

Michael W. Douglas, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and M. Peña

P3.5

Variability of river streamflows as a climatic indicator

Walter M. Vargas, Universidad de Buenos Aires-CONICET, Buenos Aires, Argentina; and D. Huggenberger

P3.6

The interannual Climate Variability and the Streamflows in Paraná river, Southeastern South America

Marcela Alejandra Ghietto, Universidad Nacional del Litoral, Santa Fe, Argentina; and G. J. Berri and N. O. García

P3.7

Relationship between water vapor sources and rainfall over southern South America.

Moira E. Doyle, University of Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina; and V. Barros

P3.8

RIME: an Antarctic field experiment for the 21st century

David H. Bromwich, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH; and T. R. Parish, J. J. Cassano, and K. M. Hines

P3.9

Comparison of screen and aspirated temperature data at Halley, Antarctica: Implications for Climate Change Studies

Glenn Russell McGregor, The University of Birmingham, Birmingham, West Midlands, United Kingdom; and S. Morley and J. C. King

P3.10

Meteorological surface conditions at Patriot Hills, Antarctica

Jorge F. Carrasco, Dirección Meteorológica de Chile, Santiago, Chile

P3.11

Temperature Trends in Antarctica

Gerd Wendler, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, AK

P3.12

Coastal climate dynamics of the Antofagasta region (Chile, 23S): The 1997–1998 DICLIMA experiment

José A. Rutllant, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile; and H. Fuenzalida, P. Aceituno, A. Montecinos, R. Sánchez, H. Salinas, J. Inzunza, and R. Zuleta

P3.13

Circulation variations of the atmosphere over Chile associated to rainfall anomalies

Juan C. Inzunza, Universidad de Concepción, Concepción, Chile

P3.14

Interannual rainfall variability over the South American Altiplano

Rene D. Garreaud, University of Chile, Santiago, Chile; and P. Aceituno

P3.15

Monthly-mean rainfall frequency model for central Chile Coast: Some Climatic Inferences

Nelson Saavedra, Universidad de Concepción, Concepción, Chile; and E. Müller and A. Foppiano

P3.16

Recent glacier variations and snow line changes in central Chile

Andrés Rivera, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile; and G. Casassa, C. Acuña, and R. Vieira

P3.17

Energy balance snowmelt modeling in the Echaurren Basin, Chilean Andes

Brad David Wolaver, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ; and R. C. Bales, J. McConnell, K. Elder, and F. Escobar

P3.18

Circulation anomalies during winter wet and dry periods in Central Chile as determined by ECMWF analysis

Bernhard Lopez, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile; and P. Aceituno

P3.19

Cutoff cyclones off the subtropical coast of Chile

Juan G. Pizarro, Dirección Meteorológica de Chile, Santiago, Chile; and A. Montecinos

P3.20

Stratiform Clouds on the North and Central Part of Chile

Paola Uribe Raibaudi, Dirección Meteorológica de Chile, Santiago, Chile

P3.21

Large scale and mesoscale systems evolution during the first wet season campaign of LBA in Amazonia

Maria A. F. Silva Dias, Universidade de São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil

P3.22

Surface radiation budget research for GCIP and LBA: Similarities and differences

Rachel T. Pinker, University of Maryland, College Park, MD; and J. C. Ceballos, S. Colle, I. Laszlo, and E. B. Pereira

P3.23

Convection in Amazonia during the TRMM-LBA

P3.24

Hydrologic applications of high-resolution geoestationary satellite rainfall estimates corrected for terrain heights, wind and parallax - the LBA study

Gilberto A. Vicente, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD

P3.25

Studies on rainfall variability during the TRMM-Brazil and WET AMC/LBA campaigns of Austral Summer 1999

Jose A. Marengo, CPTEC/INPE, Cachoeira Paulista, Sao Paulo, Brazil; and G. Fisch, I. Vendrame, C. Morales, and P. Cervantes

P3.26

Characteristics and variability of the Atmospheric Water Balance of the Amazon Basin

Jose A. Marengo, CPTEC/INPE, Cachoeira Paulista, Sao Paulo, Brazil

P3.27

Early Results From TRMM/LBA

A. Rutledge, Colorado State University, Ft. Collins, CO; and L. D. Carey, W. A. Petersen, M. Silva Dias, and E. J. Zipser

P3.28

Seasonal Climate Prediction for Amazonia

Carlos A. Nobre, CPTEC/INPE, Cachoeira Paulista, SP, Brazil; and H. Camargo Jr., G. Sampaio, C. A. C. Castro, M. B. Sanches, and N. O. de Calbete

P3.29

An observational study of the sea breeze at the Brazilian launching rocket center

Gilberto Fisch, Centro Tecnico Aeroespacial, Sao Jose dos Campos, SP, Brazil; and J. C. P. Cohen and G. V. Mota

P3.30

Large Scale Spatial-Temporal Structure of Low Frequency Variability in URUGUAY River Basin

Carlos M. Krepper Sr., Universidad Nacional del Sur, Bahía Blanca, Buenos Aires, Argentina; and N. O. García Sr.

P3.31

The Convection parameters Over The Uruguay are made

Valentina A. Severova, Univ. of Uruguay, Montevideo, Uruguay

P3.32

Relation flow-precipitation in the Uruguay river basin

Gabriel Emilio Silvestri, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina; and S. A. Bischoff

P3.33

Trends of maximum and minimum temperatures in Ecuador and Homogeneity evaluation during the 1961-90

Ramon A. Quintana-Gomez, Universidad Nacional Experimental de los LLanos Ezequiel Zamora, Barinas, Venezuela

P3.34

On the change of the annual streamflow cycle of the Paraná River

Inés A. Camilloni, Univ. of Buenos Aires, CONICET, Buenos Aires, Argentina; and M. E. Castañeda

P3.35

Water vapor and circulation: spatial and annual variations over Argentina

Adriana E. Fernandez, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina

P3.36

Cloudiness climatology in north-central Argentina and its relation with the thermal field

Rubén Bejarán, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina; and I. Camilloni

P3.37

Daily 500 hPa and 1000 hPa geopotential height fields and daily minimum and maximum temperatures in Argentina. Emphasis on the relationship with the Subtropical Pacific Ocean's oceanic phases

Susana A. Bischoff, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina; and G. Del Franco

P3.38

A statistical analysis of tropopause height and temperature as observed at 3 Argentine radiosonde stations

Pablo O Canziani, Universidad de Buenos Aires/CONICET, Capital Federal, Argentina; and S. A. Bischoff and A. E. Yuchechen

P3.39

Meteorological in SITU Observation in the Southern Ice Cap, Patagonia

Jorge F. Carrasco, Dirección Meteorológica de Chile, Santiago, Chile; and G. Casassa and A. Rivera

P3.40

Cyclonicity and thermal conditions for precipitation occurrence over Argentina

Nora E. Ruiz, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina; and W. M. Vargas

P3.41

Forecasting convection in the northern zone of the Mendoza's Province, Argentina

Silvia Simonelli, Regional Program of Meteorology, Mendoza, Argentina; and F. Norte, M. Silva, and N. Heredia

P3.42

About the climate variability and the runoff in the Rio de La Plata Basin

Norberto O. García, Universidad Nacional del Litoral, Santa Fe, Argentina; and R. Giacosa

P3.43

Climate variability and groundwater resources..

María del Valle Venencio, Universidad Nacional del Litoral, Santa Fe, Argentina

Poster Session 3 Regional Climate