Advancing South American water and climate science through multidecadal Convection-Permitting modeling

The South America Affinity Group (SAAG) was established in early 2019 by the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) Water Systems Program as a community effort focused on improving hydroclimate science over South America. SAAG supports large research efforts such as the ANDEX Regional Hydroclimate Program (Espinoza et al. 2020) as well as individual research groups. The group started with a dozen members and quickly grew to over 100 participants from more than 10 countries. For the past four years, the SAAG has been meeting online every two weeks and has organized sessions at international conferences such as the American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting and the Convection-Permitting Climate Workshop (Prein et al. 2022). At the core of the SAAG effort are two multidecadal convection-permitting (CP) model simulations with 4-km grid spacing for historical and future climates over the South American continent. Additionally, a major observational data collection effort has been undertaken, including in situ station data from South American meteorological and water services, gridded products, satellite-based observations, and field campaign data (NCAR 2023a). This article discusses the research needs and scientific goals that drive this community of scientists with diverse backgrounds and interests.

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Author Dominguez, F.
Rasmussen, Roy M.
Liu, Changhai
Ikeda, Kyoko ORCID icon
Prein, Andreas ORCID icon
Varble, A.
Arias, P. A.
Bacmeister, Julio ORCID icon
Bettolli, M. L.
Callaghan, Patrick ORCID icon
Carvalho, L. M. V.
Castro, C. L.
Chen, Fei ORCID icon
Chug, D.
Chun, K. P. (.
Dai, A.
Danaila, L.
da Rocha, R. P.
Nascimento, E. d. L.
Dougherty, Erin M. ORCID icon
Dudhia, Jimy ORCID icon
Eidhammer, Trude ORCID icon
Feng, Z.
Fita, L.
Fu, R.
Giles, J.
Gilmour, H.
Halladay, K.
Huang, Y.
Iza Wong, A. M.
Lagos-Zúñiga, M. Á.
Jones, C.
Llamocca, J.
Llopart, M.
Martinez, J. A.
Martinez, Carlos J.
Minder, J. R.
Morrison, Monica ORCID icon
Moon, Zachary ORCID icon
Mu, Y.
Neale, Richard ORCID icon
Núñez Ocasio, Kelly M. ORCID icon
Pal, S.
Potter, E.
Poveda, G.
Puhales, F.
Rasmussen, K. L.
Rehbein, A.
Rios-Berrios, Rosimar ORCID icon
Risanto, C. B.
Rosales, A.
Scaff, L.
Seimon, A.
Somos-Valenzuela, M.
Tian, Yang ORCID icon
Van Oevelen, P.
Veloso-Aguila, D.
Xue, Lulin ORCID icon
Schneider, Timothy ORCID icon
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Suggested Citation Dominguez, F., Rasmussen, Roy M., Liu, Changhai, Ikeda, Kyoko, Prein, Andreas, Varble, A., Arias, P. A., Bacmeister, Julio, Bettolli, M. L., Callaghan, Patrick, Carvalho, L. M. V., Castro, C. L., Chen, Fei, Chug, D., Chun, K. P. (., Dai, A., Danaila, L., da Rocha, R. P., Nascimento, E. d. L., Dougherty, Erin M., Dudhia, Jimy, Eidhammer, Trude, Feng, Z., Fita, L., Fu, R., Giles, J., Gilmour, H., Halladay, K., Huang, Y., Iza Wong, A. M., Lagos-Zúñiga, M. Á., Jones, C., Llamocca, J., Llopart, M., Martinez, J. A., Martinez, Carlos J., Minder, J. R., Morrison, Monica, Moon, Zachary, Mu, Y., Neale, Richard, Núñez Ocasio, Kelly M., Pal, S., Potter, E., Poveda, G., Puhales, F., Rasmussen, K. L., Rehbein, A., Rios-Berrios, Rosimar, Risanto, C. B., Rosales, A., Scaff, L., Seimon, A., Somos-Valenzuela, M., Tian, Yang, Van Oevelen, P., Veloso-Aguila, D., Xue, Lulin, Schneider, Timothy. (2024). Advancing South American water and climate science through multidecadal Convection-Permitting modeling. UCAR/NCAR - Library. https://n2t.org/ark:/85065/d79c72jc. Accessed 09 March 2026.

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