STANFORD NEWS: Clusters of atmospheric rivers amp up California storm damages Stanford University News January 20, 2024 509When multiple atmospheric rivers hit California back-to-back, the economic damage from resulting rain and snowfall is three to four times...
THE CONVERSATION: Hurricane Hilary triggers California’s first tropical storm watch ever, with heavy rain and flash flooding forecast The Conversation News August 18, 2023 86By Nicholas Grondin, University of Tampa Hurricane Hilary headed for Mexico’s Baja peninsula as a powerful Category 4 storm, and...
KNEE DEEP TIMES: Why California’s Water Extremes Are Wilder than Ever — And What We Can Do About It Robin Meadows News May 9, 2023 430Written by Robin Meadows What a relief last winter is finally over. In late December, California was hit by the...
THE CONVERSATION: Epic snow from all those atmospheric rivers in the West is starting to melt, and the flood danger is rising The Conversation News April 17, 2023Q&A with Chad Hecht, Research and Operations Meteorologist, Center for Western Weather and Water Extremes, University of California, San Diego...
DWR NEWS: Challenges of Forecasting Water Supply During Extreme Weather Events Department of Water Resources (DWR) News April 10, 2023 7By DWR News The series of atmospheric rivers in early 2023 demonstrated how quickly California can move from one extreme...
CLIMATE CENTRAL: Atmospheric rivers Climate Central News March 28, 2023By Climate Central KEY CONCEPTS Atmospheric rivers carry vast amounts of moisture globally from the tropics to the poles. On...
THE CONVERSATION: Is the Western drought finally ending? That depends on where you look The Conversation News March 16, 2023 20By Dan McEvoy, Desert Research Institute After three years of extreme drought, the Western U.S. is finally getting a break....
NASA/JPL: Ranking Atmospheric Rivers: New Study Finds World of Potential NASA/JPL News March 16, 2023By NASA/JPL Like hurricane categories, a scale for atmospheric river storm severity could help communities around the globe compare and...
GRIST: How rising temperatures are intensifying California’s atmospheric rivers Grist News March 15, 2023 22As storms get warmer and wetter, the state’s flood control system is struggling to keep up. By Jake Bittle, Grist...
AGU: The world’s atmospheric rivers now have an intensity ranking like hurricanes American Geophysical Union News March 9, 2023 1From the American Geophysical Union Atmospheric rivers, which are long, narrow bands of water vapor, are becoming more intense and...
PNNL: Wettest winter storms in the western U.S. growing wetter Pacific Northwest National Laboratory News January 19, 2023As Western U.S. winter storms grow wetter and change shape, threats to infrastructure like roads and bridges grow in tandem...
DWR NEWS: California’s Forecast-Informed Reservoir Operations Are Key to Managing Floods and Water Supplies Department of Water Resources (DWR) News January 16, 2023 23By DWR News As California experiences more extreme swings between wet and dry periods, it is critical for the State...
THE CONVERSATION: Atmospheric rivers over California’s wildfire burn scars raise fears of deadly mudslides – this is what cascading climate disasters look like The Conversation News January 10, 2023By Amir AghaKouchak, University of California, Irvine Rivers of muddy water from heavy rainfall raced through city streets as thousands...
THE CONVERSATION: How California could save up its rain to ease future droughts — instead of watching epic atmospheric river rainfall drain into the Pacific The Conversation News January 6, 2023 31By Andrew Fisher, University of California, Santa Cruz California has seen so much rain over the past few weeks that...
Atmospheric rivers help coastal wetlands build up sediment American Geophysical Union Science July 13, 2022 38By Alexandra K. Scammell, American Geophysical Union Extreme precipitation from hurricanes and atmospheric rivers can lead to increased flooding in...
