New Water Affiliates Group Forms at Scripps’ Center for Western Weather and Water Extremes
Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Published: 28 August 2020
Scripps’ CW3E launched the Water Affiliates Group to unite water agencies in using forecast-informed reservoir operations, improving flood control, drought resilience, and water supply management across California and the West.
Keywords: CW3E, atmospheric rivers, water management, FIRO, reservoirs, drought, flood control
Scripps Receives NOAA Award to Study Clouds, One of the Largest Uncertainties in Climate Change
Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Published: 1 September 2020
Scripps scientists won NOAA funding to study low-cloud “hot-spots” that drive uncertainty in climate sensitivity. Using satellite data and models, they aim to better predict how clouds affect warming and narrow climate projections.
Keywords: Scripps, NOAA, low clouds, climate sensitivity, ENSO, climate models, warming
Research Experience aboard R/V Sally Ride a.k.a. 'SWEET BOAT GIG 2020'
Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Published: 11 September 2020
Undergraduate fellows aboard R/V Sally Ride collected high-resolution ocean current data using UCTD probes, gaining first-hand fieldwork experience, troubleshooting equipment, and building friendships while contributing to internal wave research.
Keywords: Scripps, SURF, ocean currents, R/V Sally Ride, UCTD probes, student research, internal waves
