DWR NEWS: Challenges of Forecasting Water Supply During Extreme Weather Events Department of Water Resources (DWR) Climate change April 10, 2023By DWR News The series of atmospheric rivers in early 2023 demonstrated how quickly California can move from one extreme...
NASA/JPL: Ranking Atmospheric Rivers: New Study Finds World of Potential NASA/JPL Hydrology March 16, 2023By NASA/JPL Like hurricane categories, a scale for atmospheric river storm severity could help communities around the globe compare and...
JEANINE JONES: Drought and lessons learned Maven HydrologyNotebook News and Features March 1, 2023At the January meeting of the California Water Commission, Jeanine Jones took the commissioners through the history of past droughts...
DWR NEWS: California’s Forecast-Informed Reservoir Operations Are Key to Managing Floods and Water Supplies Department of Water Resources (DWR) Water project operations January 16, 2023By DWR News As California experiences more extreme swings between wet and dry periods, it is critical for the State...
CA WATER COMMISSION: The Department of Water Resources looks to improve runoff forecasting as it plans for another dry year Maven Notebook News and FeaturesPlanning and management October 20, 2022At the September meeting of the California Water Commission, commissioners were given a briefing by the Department of Water Resources...
FIVE QUESTIONS: Deirdre Des Jardins with California Water Research Maven Climate changeNotebook News and Features September 14, 2022Deirdre Des Jardins, Director of California Water Research, has become a bit of a fixture at state agency meetings, such...
EOS: Assessing Water Infrastructure Investments in California American Geophysical Union Policy and regulation May 4, 2022Exploratory modeling in California’s Central Valley indicates that evaluating the costs, benefits, and risks to individual providers is necessary to...
DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE: Study develops framework for forecasting contribution of snowpack to flood risk during winter storms Desert Research Institute Planning and management May 3, 2022New research advances effort to create a decision-support tool for reservoir operators and flood managers From the Desert Research Institute:...
DWR NEWS: Challenges of Forecasting Water Supply in a Hotter Climate Department of Water Resources (DWR) Climate changePlanning and management April 11, 2022From DWR News On April 8, DWR published the Bulletin 120 and Water Supply Index (WSI) forecast update. The Bulletin...
NASA/JPL: NASA Finds New Way to Monitor Underground Water Loss NASA/JPL Groundwater News April 5, 2022By NASA/JPL Researchers have untangled puzzling patterns of sinking and rising land to pin down the underground locations where water...
CA WATER COMMISSION: DWR’s Climate Action Plan and forecast improvements to adapt to climate change Maven Notebook News and FeaturesPlanning and management March 8, 2022At the February meeting of the California Water Commission, the commissioners began their 2022 State Water Project review by hearing...
CAL MATTERS: Snow levels low: As temperatures rise, review of California water projections gains urgency Cal Matters HydrologyPlanning and management February 23, 2022The Sierra Nevada has not provided as much water as predicted. Now the state is scrambling to revise its snow...
BAY-DELTA SCIENCE CONFERENCE: A new model to address legacy Gold Rush mercury in the Delta Maven Best of the NotebookDelta science January 20, 2022It can be a bit hard for some to comprehend, but it is true: Here in the 21st century, California...
STATELINE: California’s Drought Reckoning Could Offer Lessons for the West Stateline Planning and management January 11, 2022by Matt Vasilogambros, Stateline The golden hills of California have turned green in recent weeks after a series of storms...
FEATURE: Mountain Atmospheric Observatory Will Help Track Colorado River Water Robin Meadows Colorado RiverHydrologyNotebook News and Features January 11, 2022The Colorado River flows 1,450 miles from the Rocky Mountains to Mexico, forming the border between California and Arizona along...
