- Better
understand the physical basis for ISV prediction
and
determine potential and practical predictability of ISV in
a multi-model
frame work.
- Develop optimal
strategies for multi-model ensemble ISV prediction
system
- Identify
model deficiencies
in predicting ISV and find ways to
improve
models' convective and other physical parameterization
- Determine ISV's
modulation of extreme hydrological events and
its
contribution to seasonal and interannual climate variation