January 1, 2002 to December 31, 2006
Project Description: 

The Climate Prediction Program for the Americas (CPPA) merges NOAA's CLIVAR Pan American Climate Studies (PACS) and GEWEX Americas Prediction Project (GAPP) into a single integrated competitive research program to improve operational intraseasonal to interannual climate and hydrologic forecasting. To achieve its goal, CPPA supports research to:

  • Improve the understanding and model simulation of ocean, atmosphere and land-surface processes through observations, data analysis, and modeling studies
  • Determine the predictability of climate variations on intra-seasonal to interannual time scale, including predictability of the continental-scale monsoon systems across the Americas
  • Advance NOAA's operational climate forecasts, monitoring, and analysis systems; and
  • Develop climate-based hydrologic forecasting capabilities and decision support tools for water resource applications.

     

GAPP (GEWEX Americas Prediction Project)

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Data Access
Hydrometeorological Networks in the United States

PACS (Pan American Climate Studies)

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Data Access

NAME (North American Monsoon Experiment)

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Data Access
2004 Field Catalog
2003 Field Catalog
Publications
Field Operations Plan
Data Management Plan

MESA (Monsoon Experiment South America)

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EPIC (Eastern Pacific Investigations of Climate)

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Data Access
Field Catalog
Publications
Implementation Plan
Field Operations Plan
Data Management Plan
Project Home Page (New Mexico Tech)

SALLJEX (South American Low Level Jet Experiment)

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Data Access
Field Catalog
Publications
Data Management Plan
Field Operations Plan

VOCALS (VAMOS Ocean-Cloud-Atmosphere-Land Study)

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Data Access
Publications
Implementation Plan (2005)
Science Plan (2005)

LPB (La Plata Basin)

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Data Access
Planning Documents

CEOP (Coordinated Enhanced Observing Period)

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Reference Site Data Access
EOP-1 Data Access
Strategic Implementation Plan (2008)

 

Further information on CPPA is available in the CPPA Science Plan and Implementation Strategies DRAFT document.