A44C:
Emerging Applications of Atmospheric-Rivers Science I Oral

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Session ID#: 16170

Session Description:
The science of atmospheric rivers is rapidly expanding and is beginning to bear important dividends in terms of real-world applications. Improved understanding and forecasts of atmospheric rivers are being applied to better plan for, and manage, the risks and challenges of floods, droughts, landscape disturbances and fires, landslides, and disaster mitigations and responses. This session aims to draw together examples, perspectives and approaches to these real-world applications of atmospheric-rivers science. Studies describing actionable observations and indices, forecasting improvements and uses, emergency-response exercises and plans, resource management and planning efforts, and other applications to societal and environmental needs are encouraged.
Primary Convener:  Michael D Dettinger, U.S. Geological Survey, Carson City, NV, United States
Convener:  Michael Anderson, California Department of Water Resources, Sacramento, CA, United States
Chairs:  Michael Anderson, California Department of Water Resources, Sacramento, CA, United States and Michael D Dettinger, U.S. Geological Survey, Carson City, NV, United States
OSPA Liaison:  Michael D Dettinger, U.S. Geological Survey, Carson City, NV, United States
Co-Organized with:
Public Affairs, Public Affairs, Natural Hazards, Hydrology, and Cryosphere

Cross-Listed:
  • H - Hydrology

Proposed Co-Organized Session with:
  • C - Cryosphere
  • H - Hydrology
  • NH - Natural Hazards
  • SI - Societal Impacts and Policy Sciences
Index Terms:

1817 Extreme events [HYDROLOGY]
1884 Water supply [HYDROLOGY]
3364 Synoptic-scale meteorology [ATMOSPHERIC PROCESSES]
4335 Disaster management [NATURAL HAZARDS]

Abstracts Submitted to this Session:

Emergence of Applications of the Atmospheric River Concept (Invited) (148449)
F Martin Ralph, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, CA, United States
Forecast Informed Reservoir Operations – An Opportunity to Improve Water Supply Reliability Lake Mendocino Demonstration Project (163202)
Jay Jasperse, Sonoma County Water Agency, Santa Rosa, CA, United States and F Martin Ralph, Center for Western Weather and Water Extremes (CW3E), Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego, La Jolla, United States
Skill and reliability of experimental GEFS ensemble forecast guidance designed to inform decision-making in reservoir management in California (186631)
Robert Stabler Webb, NOAA Boulder, Physical Sciences Laboratory, Boulder, CO, United States, Michael Scheuerer, CIRES, NOAA/ESRL Physical Sciences Division, Boulder, CO, United States and Thomas Hamill, NOAA/OAR/ESRL, Boulder, CO, United States
Natural Hazards Risk Reduction and the ARkStorm Scenario (166840)
Dale A Cox, USGS Headquarters, Reston, VA, United States, Michael D Dettinger, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San Diego, Center for Western Weather and Water Extremes (CW3E), La Jolla, United States and F Martin Ralph, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, CA, United States
Atmospheric Rivers as a Trigger for Landslides and Post-Fire Debris Flows in Southern California (154101)
Nina Oakley, Desert Research Institute Reno, Reno, NV, United States, Jeremy Lancaster, California Geological Survey Sacramento, Sacramento, CA, United States, Jonathan D Stock, USGS, Geology, Minerals, Energy, and Geophysics Science Center, Moffett Field, United States, Corina Cerovski-Darriau, US Geological Survey, Menlo Park, CA, United States, Michael Kaplan, Desert Research Institute, Division of Atmospheric Sciences, Reno, NV, Reno, United States and F Martin Ralph, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, CA, United States
Atmospheric River Impacts on Global Near Surface Wind Extremes (127633)
Duane Edward Waliser and Bin Guan, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, United States
On the relationship between atmospheric rivers (ARs) and heavy precipitation over Japan (199073)
Akiyo Ishida Yatagai, Hirosaki University, Aomori, Japan and Yukari N Takayabu, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
Using Atmospheric River Observations to Improve Integrated Water Management Across Multiple Space and Time Scales (149938)
Michael Anderson, State of California, Water Resources, Sacramento, CA, United States

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