Multimedia
NOAA Feature Stories and Press Releases
- Science Update: New Atmospheric River tools from OAR PSD (NOAA Western Region Newsletter, April 2012)
- CalWater, EFREP, and HMT-West (ESRL Quarterly Newsletter, Winter 2009)
External News Stories
- Is Better Understanding of Atmospheric Rivers a Key to Predicting Major Floods in the Southwest? (Southwest Climate Change Network, 10/07/11)
- Searching for Rain Under the Radar (Discovery News, 07/22/11)
- Atmospheric observatory coming to Humboldt; equipment in Eureka area will help meteorologists better gauge big winter storms (Times–Standard, 02/15/11)
Video
- Rivers in the Atmosphere
An animation about atmospheric rivers using a variety of satellite data. (by NOAA's Environmental Visualization Laboratory) - NCAR Advanced Study Program Seminar (20 May 2009)
Marty Ralph on "The role of atmospheric rivers in extreme precipitation on the U.S. West Coast: recent developments on monitoring and short-term prediction." (streaming video courtesy NCAR/ASP) - This is ARkStorm
The Multi-Hazard West Coast Winter Storm Project: Addresses massive U.S. West Coast storms like those that devastated California in 1861–62. Storms of this magnitude are projected to become more frequent and intense as a result of climate change. (by USGS Multi-Hazards Demonstration Project)