blog post The Promise of a Wet January By Jeffrey Mount Jan 5, 2023 Jan 5, 2023 ... In California's deeply variable climate, with its extreme swings ... north Pacific and still end up with a below-average precipitation year.
blog post Climate-Challenged California Must Learn to Thrive with Less Water By Ellen Hanak, Jeffrey Mount Nov 16, 2022 Nov 16, 2022 ... California's already variable climate is becoming increasingly volatile, ... for conditions during the mid-20th century when precipitation, ...
Report Storing Water for the Environment By Sarah Null, Jeffrey Mount, Brian Gray, Kristen Dybala ... Aug 22, 2022 Managing water in California's highly variable climate relies heavily on the ... of the dry season, increasing volatility of precipitation across years, ...
blog post Commentary: Drought Requires New Strategies for Managing Cropland By Andrew Ayres, Caitlin Peterson Aug 9, 2022 Aug 9, 2022 ... “Dryland” crops, which rely solely on winter rainfall and soil moisture ... environment: Highly variable rainfall and low water availability ...
Report Land Transitions and Dust in the San Joaquin Valley By Andrew Ayres, Jaymin Kwon, Joy Collins Jul 20, 2022 Jul 25, 2022 ... However, its success was driven in large part by fortuitous precipitation conditions (Slayback et al. 1995). Previous efforts to establish ...
Report Exploring the Potential for Water-Limited Agriculture in the San Joaquin Valley By Caitlin Peterson, Cameron Pittelkow, Mark Lundy Jul 20, 2022 Yet highly variable rainfall patterns and low overall water availability make dryland grain production risky; reliable harvests are likely only possible in the ...
Policy Brief Policy Brief: Drought and California’s Agriculture By Alvar Escriva-Bou, Josué Medellín-Azuara, Ellen Hanak, John Abatzoglou Apr 13, 2022 Apr 26, 2022 ... Climate change is making California's variable climate even more ... swings between wet and dry conditions—or “precipitation whiplash.
Report Improving California’s Water Market By Andrew Ayres, Ellen Hanak, Brian Gray, Gokce Sencan ... Sep 14, 2021 California has the most variable climate in the country, and hydrologic risk is a fact ... including more volatile precipitation and earlier spring runoff.
Fact Sheet Droughts in California By Jeffrey Mount, Alvar Escriva-Bou, Gokce Sencan Apr 13, 2021 California has the nation's most variable climate, and droughts are a ... while “normal” years—widely used to describe average precipitation—are rare.
blog post Operating Dams to Better Manage Big Storms Can Build Resiliency to Climate Extremes By Lori Pottinger Mar 8, 2021 Mar 8, 2021 ... MARTIN RALPH: California has the most variable climate in the country. ... We found that most of the state's precipitation variability comes ...