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DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE: Spring sunny heat waves caused record snowmelt in 2021, adding to severe water supply impacts across the Western US

January 5, 2023

A new study highlights how persistent high pressure in April 2021 drove widespread rapid snow loss From the Desert Research...

PNNL: Western wildfires spark stronger storms in downwind states

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Hydrology Wildfires and watersheds

October 18, 2022

When wildfires burn in the west, their heat and airborne particles inflict stronger rain and larger hail upon central states...

COURTHOUSE NEWS: If not by drought then by megaflood: Climate change may have doubled risk of disastrous flooding in California

Courthouse News Service

Hydrology Planning and management

August 12, 2022

Already crippled by years of megadrought, California may have another climate change-induced worry on the horizon: economy-busting megafloods. By Madalyn Wright, Courthouse News Service In drought-ridden California’s history, megafloods have occurred about every century. Not often, but from a geological...

PNNL: Studying water in the mountain air

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Colorado River Hydrology Science

April 26, 2022

PNNL scientists participate in project to collect climate data in Colorado mountains By Allan Brettman, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory An...

CAL MATTERS: Snow levels low: As temperatures rise, review of California water projections gains urgency

Cal Matters

Hydrology Planning and management

February 23, 2022

The Sierra Nevada has not provided as much water as predicted. Now the state is scrambling to revise its snow...

FEATURE: Mountain Atmospheric Observatory Will Help Track Colorado River Water

Robin Meadows

Colorado River Hydrology Notebook News and Features

January 11, 2022

The Colorado River flows 1,450 miles from the Rocky Mountains to Mexico, forming the border between California and Arizona along the way. This mighty river supplies water to 40 million people in the West and is a major source of...

USBR: Tracking Truckee snow from the sky

Bureau of Reclamation News

Hydrology

January 4, 2022

By Todd Plain, Bureau of Reclamation As snow continues to pile up in the Sierra Nevada mountains at the start of 2022, local and federal water...

USGS: Rivers in the sky: 6 facts to know about atmospheric rivers

USGS

Hydrology

December 14, 2021

By the USGS Atmospheric rivers aren’t a new phenomenon on the West Coast, but this type of storm has drawn...

BERKELEY LAB: Mountains of data: an unprecedented climate observatory to understand the future of water

Berkeley Lab

Colorado River Hydrology Science

August 24, 2021

First-ever “bedrock-to-atmosphere” observation system could allow scientists to predict the future of water availability in the West By Julie Chao, Berkeley Lab The “megadrought” impacting the Colorado River system this year has been devastating to the 40 million people who...

BAY-DELTA SCIENCE CONFERENCE: Exports & Outflows: Recalibrating Water Year Types in a Changing Climate

Maven

Delta science Hydrology

August 12, 2021

The Sacramento and San Joaquin water-year type indices are fundamental to the State Water Project and Central Valley Project operations...

THE CONVERSATION: Snow can disappear straight into the atmosphere in hot, dry weather

The Conversation

Hydrology

July 27, 2021

By Steven R. Fassnacht, Colorado State University Creeks, rivers and lakes that are fed by melting snow across the U.S....

EOS: Better Subseasonal-to-Seasonal Forecasts for Water Management

American Geophysical Union

Hydrology

June 23, 2021

Emerging methods that improve precipitation forecasting over weeks to months could support more informed resource management and increase lead times for responding to droughts and floods. by M. J. DeFlorio, F. M. Ralph, D. E. Waliser, J. Jones, and M....

EXPLAINER: Bay Delta Hydrology 101

Maven

Best of the Notebook Delta science Hydrology Notebook News and Features Science

May 26, 2021

X2, OMR, Gates, Barriers, and more: Dr. Ted Sommer sorts out the hydrodynamics of the Delta At the 2021 Bay-Delta...

COURTHOUSE NEWS: Congress seeks long-term solutions for drought crippling western US

Courthouse News Service

Hydrology

May 25, 2021

More than 70 million people are affected by a historic drought in the West. Lawmakers and administration officials are scrambling...

WEBINAR: Bay-Delta Hydrology 101

Maven

Hydrology Webinars

April 28, 2021

Presentation by Dr. Ted Sommer, Lead Scientist at the Department of Water Resources, for the 2021 Bay-Delta Science Conference. Dr. Ted Sommer’s recommended reading list General Ariyama, J., Boisramé, G. F, & Brand, M. R. (2019). Water Budgets for the...