Events

This third installment in the Colorado River Basin Climate and Hydrology: State of the Science report webinar series focused on Chapter 2, which covers moisture sources, storm tracks, seasonality of precipitation, the influence of topography and elevation, snowmelt, groundwater, mechanisms of variability, and recent trends. After summarizing the current understanding in these areas, Jeff Lukas and Liz Payton concluded with research challenges and opportunities, followed by Q&A.

Western Water Assessment's Jeff Lukas and Liz Payton, along with Steph McAfee (University of Nevada, Reno), took a closer look at the observations of weather, climate, and hydrology that are fundamental to Colorado River water supply, water demand, and system condition forecasts and projections.

Snowpack, Drought, and Water Supply in a Warming Mountain West

Snowpack, Drought, and Water Supply in a Warming Mountain West

Snowpack, Drought, and Water Supply in a Warming Mountain West

Snowpack, Drought, and Water Supply in a Warming Mountain West

Snowpack, Drought, and Water Supply in a Warming Mountain West

Western Water Assessment's Jeff Lukas and Liz Payton discussed an overview of the recently released report, Colorado River Basin Climate and Hydrology: State of the Science, followed by Q&A.

Lisa Dilling gave a public talk on usable science, followed by a panel discussion featuring Jeff Deems, Arnaud Chulliat, and Lise St. Denis whose science has been used beyond the university.

We will welcome two guest speakers, Bill McCormick, Chief of the Colorado Dam Safety Office and Dr. James Prairie, a hydrologist with the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation at CADSWES. Each will give a talk on current projects with WWA that illustrate the entrainment of science into management decisions. Mr. McCormick will review the Colorado-New Mexico Regional Extreme Precipitation Study and considerations of PMP (probable maximum precipitation) in a changing climate. Dr.