Modeling and forecasting

EOS: Better Subseasonal-to-Seasonal Forecasts for Water Management

American Geophysical Union

Hydrology

June 23, 2021

Emerging methods that improve precipitation forecasting over weeks to months could support more informed resource management and increase lead times...

DELTA ISB: 21st Century Science For 21st Century Environmental Decision Making: The Challenges And Opportunities Of Near-term Iterative Ecological Forecasting

Maven

Best of the NotebookDelta science

June 17, 2021

What if we could predict changes to ecosystems in the same way we can predict the weather?  An emerging field...

FEATURE: The What, Why, and How of Groundwater Modeling

Maven

Best of the NotebookGroundwater NewsNotebook News and Features

January 27, 2021

Abishek Singh, Ph.D., is Vice President of Intera’s Western Region based out of Los Angeles.  His professional experience has focused...

PNNL: Error correction means California’s future wetter winters may never come

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Climate changeScience

December 15, 2020

Correcting for the double-ITCZ bias, a persistent error in many climate models, reveals that future U.S. Southwest winters will be...

FEATURE: Fish predation on a landscape scale in the Delta

Maven

Delta scienceFish and wildlife

October 14, 2020

Fisheries Biologist Cyril Michel discusses recent predator manipulation studies done in the Delta and efforts to develop a predictive model...

USGS: New model shows sea level rise can cause increases in groundwater levels along California’s coasts

USGS

Climate changeScience

September 30, 2020

A new model that combines sea-level rise scenarios and information about associated groundwater level responses shows that coastal water tables...

BERKELEY LAB: Could the answer to groundwater resources come from high in the sky?

Berkeley Lab

Groundwater News

June 11, 2020

Berkeley Lab scientists pair satellite data with high-resolution monitoring to estimate groundwater depletion across California’s Central Valley By Christina Procopiou,...

BROWN BAG SEMINAR: From Measurements, Models and Maps to Management

Maven

Delta science

June 11, 2020

The USGS and the Delta Stewardship Council are recruiting the next Delta Lead Scientist who is appointed by the Council...

BROWN BAG SEMINAR: Predicting, Detecting, Understanding: Science to Inform Decision Making

Maven

Delta science

June 4, 2020

The USGS and the Delta Stewardship Council are recruiting the next Delta Lead Scientist who is appointed by the Council...

DR. JAY LUND: Integrated Modeling and Delta Science & Policy

Maven

Delta science

March 12, 2020

The search is on for a new Delta lead scientist to oversee the Delta Science Program and to consult regularly...

CAL MATTERS: Drought or dangerous flooding? Research to save California’s rain

Cal Matters

Hydrology

February 25, 2020

Store water for a drought, or prepare for floods? How atmospheric river research helps California decide. By Rachel Becker, Cal...

FEATURE: Integrated Hydrologic Model Development and Evaluation for Non-Modelers

Maven

Best of the NotebookGroundwater NewsNotebook News and Features

October 23, 2019

Dr. Douglas Tolley gives an explanatory presentation on integrated hydrologic modeling, including how models are coupled and key terms such...

BERKELEY LAB: How California wildfires can impact water availability

Berkeley Lab

Groundwater NewsWildfires and watersheds

September 4, 2019

New Berkeley Lab study uses supercomputers to analyze hydrological changes in a California watershed following a wildfire. By Julie Chao,...

ARMY CORPS: The Corps approves major deviation for Forecast Informed Reservoir Operations effort at Lake Mendocino

US Army Corps of Engineers

Planning and management

January 28, 2019

By the Army Corps of Engineers The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, South Pacific Division has approved a major deviation...

PNNL: Wetter winters could be in store for Western U.S.

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Science

April 23, 2018

Scientists discovered stronger and longer atmospheric rivers that lead to increasing precipitation extremes over the region By Pacific Northwest National...