CW3E Scripps
@CW3E_Scripps
The Center for Western Weather and Water Extremes: Science/tech/outreach that addresses the impacts of extreme weather and water events over western N. America
CW3E Publication Notice: "Global Daily Discharge Estimation Based on Grid Long Short-Term Memory (LSTM) Model and River Routing" in @theAGU's Water Resources Research. For a summary of this paper, visit: cw3e.ucsd.edu/cw3e-publicati….

CW3E Publication Notice: "Impact of Airborne Radio Occultation Observations on Short Term Precipitation Forecasts of an Atmospheric River" in @theAGU's Geophysical Research Letters. Read more about this research here: cw3e.ucsd.edu/cw3e-publicati…

CW3E in the Press: Recent Media Coverage From the New York Times, BBC, CNN and More: cw3e.ucsd.edu/cw3e-in-the-pr…
⚠️ Research saves lives and taxpayer dollars! Recently, @CW3E_Scripps' Anna Wilson headed to Capitol Hill with @53rdWRS & @NOAA_HurrHunter to share why #AtmosphericRiver Reconnaissance efforts are essential for safety and the economy. @403rdWing has more: bit.ly/46iqEgh
CW3E Publication Notice: "Synthetic ensemble forecasts: operations-based evaluation and inter-model comparison for reservoir systems across California" in @theAGU's Water Resources Research. For a summary of this paper, visit: cw3e.ucsd.edu/cw3e-publicati….

CW3E Publication Notice: "Analyzing Atmospheric River Reforecasts: Self-Organizing Error Patterns and Synoptic-Scale Settings" in @ametsoc Weather and Forecasting. Read more here: cw3e.ucsd.edu/cw3e-publicati…

CW3E Publication Notice: "Kickoff of a Joint AMS/ASCE Effort to Assess the Potential Contribution of AI in Addressing Infrastructure Resilience in a Changing Climate" in @ametsoc's BAMS. For a summary of this paper, visit: cw3e.ucsd.edu/cw3e-publicati….

CW3E Publication Notice: "Wet Antecedent Soil Moisture Increases Atmospheric River Streamflow Magnitudes Non-Linearly" in the @ametsoc Journal of Hydrometeorology. Read more about this research here: cw3e.ucsd.edu/cw3e-publicati…

Nice article covering why we use the Air Force and NOAA further upstream to improve atmospheric river forecasts for the US. Read more here: bbc.com/future/article…

CW3E Publication Notice: "Characteristics of Precipitation Patterns in Moisture-dominated versus Wind-dominated Atmospheric Rivers over Western North America" in AGU's Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres. Read more here: cw3e.ucsd.edu/cw3e-publicati…

CW3E Publication Notice: "The Utility of a Two-dimensional Forward Model for Bending Angle Observations in Regions with Strong Horizontal Gradients" in @ametsoc.org's Monthly Weather Review. For a summary of this paper, visit: cw3e.ucsd.edu/cw3e-publicati….

CW3E Publication Notice: "Beyond Expectations: Investigating Anomalous 2022-2023 Winter Weather Conditions and Water Resources Impacts in California" in the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society (BAMS). Read more about this research here: cw3e.ucsd.edu/cw3e-publicati…

CW3E Publication Notice: "An Analysis of Cloud Microphysical Features over United Arab Emirates using Multiple Data Sources" in the EGU's Atmospheric Measurement Techniques. Read a summary of this publication here: cw3e.ucsd.edu/cw3e-publicati…

#AtmosphericRivers don't just impact the West Coast—these powerful weather phenomena are bringing floods to the central U.S. @CW3E_Scripps director Marty Ralph spoke with @amyjeangraff of @nytimes on the need for expanding AR research across the country. nytimes.com/2025/05/03/wea…
CW3E Publication Notice: "Toward Calibrated Ensembles of Neural Weather Model Forecasts" in @theAGU Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems. For a summary of this paper, visit: cw3e.ucsd.edu/cw3e-publicati…

56 #AtmosphericRivers made landfall along the U.S. West Coast during the first six months of Water Year 2025. The main story this wet season: stark contrasts between regions — Northern California saw 9 strong-or-greater ARs, while Southern California had zero. #CAwx #CAwater…

CW3E Publication Notice: "Forward Modeling of Bending Angles With a Two-Dimensional Operator for GNSS Airborne Radio Occultations in Atmospheric Rivers" in @theAGU's Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems. For a summary of this paper, visit: cw3e.ucsd.edu/cw3e-publicati….

CW3E Publication Notice: "Atmospheric Rivers in Antarctica" in Nature Reviews Earth & Environment. For a summary of this paper, visit: cw3e.ucsd.edu/cw3e-publicati….
