SCIENCE IN SHORT: Wall-to-Wall Sampling Via Remote Sensing Maven Science Podcasts February 12, 2021Invasive plants – the submerged and floating kind – clog nearly a third of the Delta’s waterways today. These alien...
DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE: Research team develops first lidar-based method for measuring snowpack in mountain forests Desert Research Institute HydrologyPlanning and management January 22, 2018From the Desert Research Institute: Many Western communities rely on snow from mountain forests as a source of drinking water...
NASA/JPL: Sierras lost water weight, grew taller during drought NASA/JPL Hydrology December 13, 2017Loss of water from Sierra Nevada rocks caused the California mountains to rise almost an inch during the recent drought....
DR. JAY FAMIGLIETTI: Drought vs. Chronic Water Scarcity and Implications for Sustainability Maven Best of the NotebookGroundwater NewsNotebook News and Features April 11, 2017The Epic California Drought as Viewed from Space Dr. Jay Famiglietti is a hydrologist and a professor of earth system...
Sacramento Delta Levees: Radar-based monitoring from 41,000 feet Maven Best of the NotebookDelta scienceNotebook News and Features September 17, 2015NASA’s Dr. Cathleen Jones discusses an ongoing pilot study that uses radar technology to monitor Delta levees Monitoring levees is...
NASA Radar Watches Over California’s Aging Levees NASA/JPL Delta science April 1, 2014By NASA/JPL NASA works with California’s water managers to spot tiny signs of trouble in the Sacramento River delta levees,...
