A group of scientists from Southern California recently came to the Bay Area to send up a series of weather balloons to help ...

The definition: An atmospheric river (AR) is a long plume of moisture that stretches from the tropics or subtropics into ...

Scripps Ocean Atmosphere Research Simulator is a unique installation that allows scientists to simulate varying ocean environments by controlling winds, waves, water chemistry, temperature, light and ...

Only if it falls as snow. A 2016 study by NASA, NOAA, UCLA, and Scripps Institution of Oceanography found that atmospheric river events are 2.5 times more likely to produce "rain over snow" events ...

Atmospheric rivers, also described as "rivers in the sky," cause more than 80 percent of all flooding damage across the West ...

Students will acquire the tools to address these topics through basic knowledge of the fluid dynamics and chemical principles relevant to the ocean and atmosphere. Drawing on the expertise at Scripps ...

U.S. Senators Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) and Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) announced bipartisan legislation that will reduce flood ...

Lisa Murkowski announced the Improving Atmospheric River Forecasts Act ... Western Weather and Water Extremes at UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography. “It will also enhance ...