Atmospheric rivers Archives

September 2, 2025

From the San Francisco Estuary & Watershed Science Journal The latest issue of San Francisco Estuary & Watershed Science (Vol....

EOS: Tree rings record history of jet stream-related climate extremes

American Geophysical Union

Hydrology

August 21, 2025

Persistent spatial patterns of summer weather extremes in the northern hemisphere recorded in tree ring growth records provide a thousand-year...

INSIDE CLIMATE NEWS: Atmospheric rivers may be diminishing on the West Coast and surging in the East, study finds

Inside Climate News

Hydrology

August 10, 2025

Over a 20-year period, atmospheric rivers could double the amount of rain falling on part of the Southeast, the researchers...

USGS: Causes and consequences of flooding in California’s Central Valley

USGS

Planning and management

June 24, 2025

From USGS Ecosystems Land Change Science Program: USGS researchers are leveraging advances in satellite-based monitoring to better characterize and predict...

DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE: Wet soils increase flooding during atmospheric river storms

Desert Research Institute

Hydrology

June 13, 2025

A new study examined decades of atmospheric river storms across the West Coast to pinpoint the conditions that lead to...

DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE: Flooding in Central Valley offers key opportunities for groundwater recharge

Desert Research Institute

Groundwater News

June 11, 2025

The research used satellite imagery to identify where winter flooding occurs, which can improve flood risk awareness and inform how...

NOAA’s atmospheric river research: Serving up data rain or shine

NOAA Research

Planning and management

May 27, 2025

A network of year-round observing stations help meteorologists forecast extreme rainfall events From NOAA Research As the western United States...

NOTEBOOK FEATURE: From forecast to flow: Optimizing California’s reservoirs with FIRO

Maven

Notebook News and Features Water project operations

May 8, 2025

California is adapting to increasingly intense storm patterns, largely driven by atmospheric rivers. These narrow bands of concentrated water vapor...

UCAR: Looking to the Pacific, scientists improve forecasts of atmospheric rivers

Guest Contributor

Planning and management

April 18, 2025

Targeted observations of Pacific conditions benefit weather forecasts nationally, save millions in reservoir costs By David Hosansky, UCAR As atmospheric...