A Scale to Characterize the Strength and Impacts of Atmospheric Rivers

F Martin Ralph, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, CA, United States, Jonathan J Rutz, NOAA, Boulder, United States, Jason M Cordeira, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, San Diego, 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, Michael Anderson, California Department of Water Resources, Sacramento, United States, Lawrence J Schick, USACE, Seattle, WA, United States, Christopher Smallcomb, NOAA, Sparks, NV, United States and David Reynolds, CIRES, Boulder, CO, United States