From the Desert Research Institute: Many Western communities rely on snow from mountain forests as a source of drinking water – but for scientists and water managers, accurately measuring mountain snowpack has long been problematic. Satellite imagery is useful for...
New dataset and publication identify link between atmospheric rivers and wildfire in the interior Southwest. By the USGS Climate Adaptation Science Centers This winter, parts of drought-stricken California have been besieged by heavy flooding, mudslides, and feet of snow. The...
A new study finds atmospheric river storms are 2.5 times more likely than other types of winter storms to cause destructive rains that melt snow in California’s Sierra Nevada. By NASA/JPL A new study by NASA and several partners has...
A new NASA study has concluded California accumulated a debt of about 20 inches of precipitation between 2012 and 2015. By NASA/JPL A new NASA study has concluded California accumulated a debt of about 20 inches of precipitation between 2012...
The University of California’s Agriculture and Natural Resources (UCANR) has developed a series of webinars titled Insights: Water and Drought which feature timely, relevant expertise on water and drought from experts around the University of California system. In this...
