Catalog Record
Report from S&T Project Number 1816: Assessment of Potential Future Changes in Atmospheric Rivers Over the Western Coast of the U.S.
Several of the NA-CORDEX RCMs project a decrease in cool season precipitation at high elevations across the west (e.g., across the Sierra Nevada) with an increase in the Great Basin. We explore the causes of this change in a subset of the RCMs through an examination of integrated water vapor transport (IVT) events. In the future precipitation across the Sierra Nevada generally increases during extreme IVT events and decreases during moderate IVT events. Data available: https://na-cordex.org/data-access.html
Generation Effort
S&T Project 1816: Assessment of Potential Future Changes in Atmospheric Rivers Over the Western Coast of the U.S.
Location
Western US
Themes
Water
Reclamation Project
Reclamation Program
Science and Technology Program
Location Information
Location Name
Western US
Location Description
The 17 western states of Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Wyoming, California, Nevada, Utah, Colorado, Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona..
Location Parent
State(s)
Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Kansas, Montana, North Dakota, Nebraska, New Mexico, Nevada, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, Washington, Wyoming
Unified Region(s)
Missouri Basin, Arkansas-Rio Grande-Texas-Gulf, Upper Colorado Basin, Lower Colorado Basin, Columbia-Pacific Northwest, California-Great Basin
Timezone
MT
Elevation
[ N/A ]
Vertical Datum
NAVD88
Coordinates (lat, long)
See
Location Details
Horizontal Datum
WGS84
