By Zhe Li, University Corporation for Atmospheric Research Atmospheric rivers – those long, narrow bands of water vapor in the sky that bring heavy rain and storms to the U.S. West Coast and many other regions – are shifting toward...
From NASA: A team of scientists and engineers at NASA and the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) collaborated to see if a small piloted drone, equipped with a specialized payload, could help create detailed maps of how fast water is flowing....
Scientist Adrienne Marshall explains why these extreme snow years are expected to decline in our warming world. By Mitch Tobin, The Water Desk For California’s Sierra Nevada, the winter of 2022-2023 delivered an epic snowpack that broke many records and...
Berkeley Lab scientists are investigating the characteristics and impacts of back-to-back atmospheric river events By Julie Bobyock, Berkeley Lab In California’s 2022-2023 winter season, the state faced nine atmospheric rivers (ARs) that led to extreme flooding, landslides, and power outages...
DRI’s Anne Heggli is partnering with the National Weather Service to understand flood risk from rain-on-snow storms in real-time, protecting communities and enabling water conservation throughout Nevada and California From the Desert Research Institute At the dawn of the new...
