A midterm report on the GEWEX Continental-Scale International Project (GCIP)

The GEWEX Continental-Scale International Project (GCIP) is being carried o ut in the Mississippi River Basin under the auspices of the World Climate R esearch Program and its Global Energy and Water Cycle Experiment (GEWEX). T his paper provides a brief history of GCIP's development and its mission an d objectives. The scientific achievements of GCIP are then reviewed against each of these objectives. The paper concludes with a brief discussion of o ptions for the period beyond 2000 after the current phase of the project is completed.