| Project |
Lead Agency |
Partners |
Dates |
Report/Link |
Highlights |
| HydroMeteorology Testbed (HMT) |
NOAA |
NWS, CA DWR, Scripps, USGS, USACE, SCWA |
2004 - current |
hmt.noaa.gov |
Advance understanding and prediction of ARs and role in extreme precipitation; forecaster training and new tools
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| Enhanced Flood Response & Emergency Preparedness (EFREP- HMT West Legacy) |
California Dept. of Water Resources (CA-DWR) |
Scripps, NOAA |
2008 - current |
Brochure |
Detecting and predicting AR conditions by Implement 21st Century observing system and decision support tool ("flux tool")
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| CalWater Experiment |
California Energy Commission (CEC) |
NOAA, Scripps, UCSD, DOE |
2008 - current |
CalWater web page |
Explores implications for future water supply and extreme precipitation/flood; AR interactions with the Sierra Nevada mountains and how might ARs change in a changing climate
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| ARkStorm |
USGS |
NOAA, CalEMA, other |
2009 - current |
Multi-Hazard West Coast Winter Storm Project |
Informed a major emergency preparedness scenario; series of landfalling ARs in California could cause > $500 Billion in damages
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| Howard Hanson Dam Crisis Rapid Response |
NOAA |
US Army Corps of Engineers |
2009 - 2011 |
BAMS article |
Damage to key dam raised flood risk for Seattle; Atmospheric river observatory (ARO) and AR-focused training proved key in a coordinated effort to mitigate flood risk
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| Winter Storms and Atmospheric Rivers (WISPAR) |
NOAA |
NASA, Northrup Grumman |
2010 - 2011 |
WISPAR Handout |
NASA's Global Hawk Unmanned Aircraft carried new dropsonde system to observe 3 AR events over the Pacific; potential platform for proposed AR reconnaissance program
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| AGU Fall 2010 Special Session |
n/a |
n/a |
2010 |
Summary |
First ever special session on Atmospheric Rivers was held at AGU Fall 2010
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