News Headline

Atmospheric river storm observations over Pacific Ocean to expand this winter

Source
Phys.org

Publication Date
2022-01-14

"Hurricane Hunter" aircraft are mobilizing for an expanded 13-week period that began Jan. 5 to glean critical data for improving forecasts of atmospheric river storms over the Pacific Ocean. Such storms provide up to half of the U.S. West Coast's annual precipitation and a majority of the flooding.

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https://phys.org/news/2022-01-atmospheric-river-storm-pacific-ocean.html