News and Announcements
2015
- CalWater is mentioned in a recent NOAA Joint Polar Satellite System news story about how JPSS data is being used for predicting and monitoring atmospheric rivers.
- A number of stories about CalWater 2015 have appeared in the media over the last couple weeks. The most recent, Scientists go high and low for data on drought-fighting 'sky rivers', appeared in the LA Times on Feb 14th (More CalWater 2015 Media Coverage). Photos from the mission can be found on Facebook. (02/17/15)
- CalWater 2015 field campaign kicks off this week... (01/16/15)
- Daily forecast briefings began today at CalWater 2015 Base Operations Center, which is located at McClellan Airfield in Sacramento, California. (01/12/15)
2014
- New CalWater 2015 Handout is available (12/18/14)
- CalWater 2015 Press Conference held at AGU Fall Meeting in San Francisco, CA (12/18/14)
- Scientists use Major West Coast Winter Storm to Prepare for Upcoming Field Experiment (12/12/14)
- CalWater Special Session to be held on December 17th at AGU Fall Meeting in San Francisco, California (11/03/14)
- A CalWater 2015 – ACAPEX Campaign Planning Workshop will be held November 5-7, 2014, at Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, California (10/31/14)
- Poster presented at 7th International Scientific Conference on the Global Water and Energy Cycle (GEWEX) in The Hague, The Netherlands (07/14/14)
- Most recent version of the CalWater 2 White Paper has been posted (07/08/14)
- PSL researchers fly over Pacific Ocean off US West Coast to study atmospheric rivers (02/03/14)
2013
- An updated version of the CalWater2 White Paper is now available (07/26/13)
- CalWater2 featured in the February 2013 issue of GEWEX News (03/22/13)
- New Study Finds Dust/Biological Particles Traveling from Sahara and Asia Influence Precipitation on West Coast (02/28/13)
2011
- Details available for CalWater special session at AGU Fall Meeting (11/16/11)
- A journal article about the Detection of Asian Dust in California Orographic Precipitation appeared in the August 2011 issue of JGR-Atmos. Read about it at HMT News... (09/16/11)
- A feature story about Storms, Floods and the Science of Atmospheric Rivers appeared on the cover of Eos, Transactions. Read about it at HMT News... (08/19/11)
- CalWater Special Session being planned for AGU Fall meeting (07/14/11)
- CalWater Science Workshop 2011 Meeting Report now available: Download PDF (07/13/11)
- NOAA Studies Atmospheric 'Rivers' Using Unmanned Aircraft: Read about it at NASA... (02/11/11)
- Research Flights Probe Impacts of Airborne Particles on State Climate and Water Supply: Read about it at Scripps... (02/02/11)
2010
2009
- CalWater: ESRL scientists study California's water future in a changing climate (ESRL Quarterly Newsletter - Winter 2009)