USGS: California’s climate future suggests more volatility and a key role for atmospheric rivers USGS Climate changeScience September 13, 2017Two recently published studies investigating past and future precipitation in California demonstrate that the state is experiencing an increasingly volatile...
USGS DATA SPOTLIGHT: Linking atmospheric rivers to wildfire patterns in the Southwest USGS HydrologyWildfires and watersheds March 1, 2017New dataset and publication identify link between atmospheric rivers and wildfire in the interior Southwest. By the USGS Climate Adaptation...
NASA/JPL: Study: Atmospheric river storms can reduce Sierra snow NASA/JPL Hydrology March 2, 2016A new study finds atmospheric river storms are 2.5 times more likely than other types of winter storms to cause...
NASA/JPL: California ‘rain debt’ equal to average full year of precipitation NASA/JPL Hydrology July 30, 2015A new NASA study has concluded California accumulated a debt of about 20 inches of precipitation between 2012 and 2015....
Marty Ralph: Atmospheric rivers, drought, and the new Center for Western Weather and Water Extremes Maven HydrologyNotebook News and Features February 10, 2014Dr. Marty Ralph is the director of the new Center for Western Water and Water Extremes, as well as the...
