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Storms, Floods, and the Science of Atmospheric Rivers
F. Martin Ralph, Michael Dettinger | August 9th, 2011
Imagine a stream of water thousands of kilometers long and as wide as the distance between New York City and Washington, D. C., flowing toward you at 30 miles perhour. No, this is not some hypothetical physics problem—it is a real river, carrying more water than 7–15 Mississippi Rivers combined. But it is not on land. It’s a river of water vapor in the atmosphere.
Keywords
atmospheric rivers, climate change, flood management, water supply forecasting