Asian-Australian Monsoon Working Group
last updated March 12, 2003

Name

Affiliation

Service Through

Stefan Hastenrath

Univ. of Wisconsin

 

Ben Kirtman

COLA

 

T. N. Krishnamurti

Florida State Univ.

 

William Lau (co-chair)

GSFC

 

Roger Lukas

Univ. of Hawaii

 

Julian McCreary

Univ. of Hawaii

 

Jagadish Shukla

COLA

 

Jim Shuttleworth

Univ. of Arizona

 

Duane Waliser

SUNY

 

Peter Webster

Univ. of Colorado

 

Terms of Reference

  1. To coordinate and conduct empirical modeling and diagnostic studies of Asian-Australian Monsoon (AAM) to provide better understanding of the variability and predictability of the AAM and its impacts on other climate systems such as ENSO and global climate including the US.

  2. To promote interaction between U.S. CLIVAR and the U.S. GEWEX communities and international CLIVAR activities concerning the Austral Asian monsoon.

  3. Where additional studies are needed, provide plans for U.S. activities to the U.S. CLIVAR SSC for implementation.