To better understand and forecast atmospheric rivers, “Hurricane Hunter” aircraft from the U.S. Air Force Reserve 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron have begun flights over the Pacific Ocean ...

A team of researchers led by Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California San Diego has created a scale to characterize the strength and impacts of “atmospheric rivers,” long ...

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, or rain falling on ...

Scripps Institution of Oceanography explains the weather phenomenon from the Pacific Ocean that can wreak havoc ... 'atmospheric river,' is very fitting," Kalansky told CBS 8 in an interview ...

An atmospheric river scale that assesses the strength and impacts of atmospheric rivers, from 1 to 5, was developed by F. Martin Ralph, the director of Center for Western Weather and Water ...

As the aircraft approached the atmospheric river, two crew members removed shiny silver wrapping from the first of dozens of cylinders. Each measured 16 inches long and nearly 3 inches wide and ...

The atmospheric river in this satellite image will sag southward toward the Los Angeles area on Thursday. Rainfall rates are expected to peak between 0.5 and 1.0 inches per hour in most areas.

In 2010, an atmospheric river fed into a storm taking aim at the U.S. Mid-Atlantic states, resulting in a "snowmageddon," The Weather Channel reported.. And it says atmospheric rivers often make ...

A December 2019 study published by researchers at Scripps Institution of Oceanography suggests that during the last 40 years, atmospheric rivers have posed a $1.1 billion flood hazard for each of ...

A December 2019 study published by researchers at Scripps Institution of Oceanography suggests that during the last 40 years, atmospheric rivers have posed a $1.1 billion flood hazard for each of ...