NASA tracks snowmelt to improve water management NASA/JPL Hydrology April 25, 2025By Erica Heim, NASA As part of a science mission tracking one of Earth’s most precious resources – water – NASA’s...
AG ALERT: Better data key to informed water policy decisions Ag Alert Planning and management March 6, 2024By Christine Souza, from Ag Alert To adapt to climate extremes and become more water resilient in California, modernizing the...
NOTEBOOK FEATURE: Future extremes: New models zoom in on California snowpacks and storms Robin Meadows Notebook News and FeaturesPlanning and management February 23, 2024by Robin Meadows When it comes to water, winter is a time of promise and peril in California. Our fate...
NASA Tech Lets Scientists See Snow-Water Through the Trees NASA/JPL Hydrology September 21, 2023From NASA: NASA scientists are testing a technology that could more accurately measure water stored in snow as seen from a...
COURTHOUSE NEWS: Water managers utilizing technology, innovation to combat effects of drought Courthouse News Service Colorado River December 14, 2022One of the panel discussions highlighted new technologies and tools water managers are using to get the most out of...
PNNL: Studying water in the mountain air Pacific Northwest National Laboratory Colorado RiverHydrologyScience April 26, 2022PNNL scientists participate in project to collect climate data in Colorado mountains By Allan Brettman, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory An...
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...
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...
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...
BERKELEY LAB: Mountains of data: an unprecedented climate observatory to understand the future of water Berkeley Lab Colorado RiverHydrologyScience August 24, 2021First-ever “bedrock-to-atmosphere” observation system could allow scientists to predict the future of water availability in the West By Julie Chao,...
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...
