New study: Unraveling the mysteries of consecutive atmospheric river events
… Scientists at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) recently conducted a study … finding that more intense atmospheric rivers are more likely to occur in succession within a short period of time. … California’s winter climate is largely defined by these atmospheric rivers – long, narrow regions in the atmosphere that transfer water vapor from the tropics, most commonly associated with the West Coast coming from the Pacific Ocean. When they make landfall, they can release massive amounts of rain and snow.
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