This document summarizes a prioritzed plan for the U.S. CLIVAR Pan-American Climate Studies Program that encompasses a broad range of activities that include empirical and modeling studies, as well as the development and analysis of historical datasets to arrive at a better understanding and simu... Show moreThis document summarizes a prioritzed plan for the U.S. CLIVAR Pan-American Climate Studies Program that encompasses a broad range of activities that include empirical and modeling studies, as well as the development and analysis of historical datasets to arrive at a better understanding and simulation of the phenomena that control the seasonal rainfall patterns and their variability on seasonal-to-decadal timescales. Show less