USING MULTIPLE SATELLITE PRODUCTS GLOBAL REANALYSIS AND 35 YEARS OF HIGH-RESOLUTION REGIONAL MODEL SIMULATIONS OVER SOUTHERN ASIA THIS RESEARCH AIMS TO UNDERSTAND THE IMPACT OF ATMOSPHERIC RIVERS (ARS) ON LOCAL PRECIPITATION REGIMES IN HIGH MOUNTAIN ASIA. THIS RESEARCH WILL EXPLORE THE LOCAL CLIMATOLOGY OF ARS IN SOUTHERN ASIA A REGION THAT IS RICH WITH AR ACTIVITY BUT HAS YET TO BE EXPLORED. IN ADDITION THIS RESEARCH WILL EXAMINE THE PHYSICAL AND DYNAMICAL PROCESSES THAT ARS CONTRIBUTE TO THE LOCAL PRECIPITATION REGIMES IN SOUTHERN ASIA. PRECIPITATION AND RESULTING WARM SEASON GLACIAL MELT IN HIGH MOUNTAIN ASIA PROVIDES WATER RESOURCES FOR A LARGE POPULATION OF PEOPLE IN SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL ASIA. THUS UNDERSTANDING THE IMPACT OF ARS ON THESE HYDROLOGICAL RESOURCES IS CRITICAL. LAST THIS RESEARCH AIMS TO INTEGRATE SATELLITE AND REANALYSIS DATA WITH REGIONAL MODEL RESULTS TO UNDERSTAND THE SPATIO-TEMPORAL CHANGES IN THE RELEVANT HYDROLOGICAL COMPONENTS RELATING TO ARS (I.E. WATER VAPOR WIND PRECIPITATION) OVER A 35 YEAR PERIOD. RECENT RESEARCH HAS CONCLUDED THAT ARS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR OVER 50% OF THE VARIANCE IN PRECIPITATION IN EXTRATROPICAL REGIONS (E.G. POLEWARD OF 40N) DURING WINTER SEASONS (NASH ET AL. 2018). IT IS POSSIBLE THAT ARS WILL PROVIDE A CRITICAL LINK IN UNDERSTANDING THE UNDERLYING DYNAMICAL AND PHYSICAL PROCESSES THAT REGULATE THE LOCAL PRECIPITATION REGIMES IN SOUTHERN ASIA