REPORT SUMMARY: The State Water Project Delivery Capability Report Maven Reports May 21, 2024 35The Department of Water Resources has released the draft State Water Project Delivery Capability Report for 2023, which provides information...
USDA: Helping managers make sense of climate models for decision making Guest Contributor News May 1, 2024 54From USDA Climate Hubs: In January 2024, the California Climate Hub partnered with the USDA Forest Service Pacific Southwest Region’s...
DR. MICHAEL ANDERSON: Climate change and California’s water resources Maven Notebook Features April 23, 2024 248California’s climate is changing, with atmospheric rivers and extreme events occurring more frequently. This is not the new normal; we’re...
NOTEBOOK FEATURE: Future extremes: New models zoom in on California snowpacks and storms Robin Meadows News February 23, 2024 374by Robin Meadows When it comes to water, winter is a time of promise and peril in California. Our fate...
SGMA Implementation: DWR’s Groundwater Models Provide Valuable Resources for Managers of California’s Critical Water Supply Department of Water Resources (DWR) Agency News February 2, 2024 141From the Department of Water Resources California’s historic effort to bring sustainability to the state’s critically important groundwater basins revealed...
NIDIS: Understanding Water Supply Forecast Error on the Colorado River Press Release/Notice News January 10, 2024 110By Peter Goble, Russ Schumacher, Colorado Climate Center The Colorado River is perhaps the most critical resource to the southwestern...
EOS: Weather and watershed forecasting make for dam smart water use American Geophysical Union News December 13, 2023 67By Nicole Choi, AGU In December 2012, heavy downpours from an atmospheric river—a long atmospheric pathway that transports large amounts...
PRESS RELEASE: New report confirms benefits of FIRO strategy in enhancing water management at Prado Dam Press Release/Notice Reports December 5, 2023 188Press release from the Orange County Water District, Army Corps of Engineers, and Scripps Institute of Oceanography A new report...
EOS: Dust Is Melting Snow—And Current Models Can’t Keep Up American Geophysical Union News October 25, 2023 46Mountain snowpack melts quicker when coated in dust. This cyclical problem is forcing water forecasts to evolve. By Kara West,...
PRESS RELEASE: Weather Tools, Inc. Partners with Baron Weather, Inc. to revolutionize water year precipitation forecasting for California Press Release/Notice News October 11, 2023 63Press release from Weather Tools, Inc. Weather Tools, Inc. (Weather Tools) an innovative weather forecasting company based in Chico, CA,...
DWR NEWS: New Water Year Underway, California Prepares for a Possible Wet El Niño Year Department of Water Resources (DWR) Agency News October 4, 2023 91From the Department of Water Resources: The Department of Water Resources (DWR) today highlighted how the State and its federal...
COURTHOUSE NEWS: California prepares for El Niño winter after a year of extreme heat and floods Courthouse News Service News October 3, 2023 1033The state water department’s director said her highest priority is for the federal government to help improve California’s ability to...
NASA Tech Lets Scientists See Snow-Water Through the Trees Press Release/Notice News September 21, 2023 71From NASA: NASA scientists are testing a technology that could more accurately measure water stored in snow as seen from a...
DELTA SCIENCE SPOTLIGHT: Fall X2 Action, Delta collaborative modeling project funded Maven Delta scienceScience September 14, 2023 147At the August meeting of the Delta Stewardship Council, Delta Lead Scientist Dr. Laurel Larsen discussed a recent study on...
USGS VIDEO: From Snow To Flow – When Snow Falls On A Mountain, Where Does It Go? USGS Podcasts and webinars August 4, 2023 44By Andrea Creighton, USGS Hydrologist Learn about USGS science seeking to understand the effects of climate change and future of...