Given that the weather phenomenon can override others such as El Niño and La Niña, researchers at the Scripps Institution of ...

A drone panoramic view of Oroville Dam and main spillway at Lake Oroville in Butte County, Calif. Photo taken March 11, 2025.

Led by the Center for Western Weather and Water Extremes (CW3E) at Scripps Institution of Oceanography, the Atmospheric River Reconnaissance (AR Recon) program sends these WC-130 Super Hercules ...

The California Department of Water Resources says that this approach, known as the Forecast-Informed Reservoir Operations, or ...

Scientists are confident Mars was once abundant with water, as seen in massive flood-carved channels, ancient river valleys, ...

The Center For Western Weather and Water Extremes at Scripps Institution of Oceanography forecasts a moderate to strong atmospheric river with this system a 3-4 on their scale ranging from 1 to 5 ...

SACRAMENTO — While most look for ways to avoid the steady rain falling from atmospheric rivers ... Weather researchers with the Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego and Yuba ...

She rose from afternoon slumbers with something pinching her tail. Three feet below the surface of San Diego Bay her equine ...

But similar Scripps projects in other parts of the state have aided other reservoirs essential to water supply management. Part of the Atmospheric River Reconnaissance program, another of Scripps ...