“The extremity of the Gulf of Alaska atmospheric river IVT is remarkable,” said Bin Guan, an atmospheric scientist at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory and the University of ...

Some atmospheric river pathways are so well-known that they ... over time—the “Integrated water vapor transport,” or IVT, measures how much water vapor flows past a point at any given ...

But what has been lacking is a way to determine an atmospheric river’s evolution. Atmospheric rivers are monitored using a metric called integrated vapor transport (IVT), which describes the amount ...

San Diego initially calculated the IVT for the recent atmospheric river event, the result was an intensity that was particularly high compared to others seen in the region over the last 23 years.

A well-known type of atmospheric river is called a "Pineapple Express" because it flows from the Hawaiian Islands. Strong ARs transport water vapor roughly equivalent to 7.5 to 15 times the ...

Atmospheric rivers are categorized by a unit of measurement called Integrated Water Vapor Transport (IVT). IVT takes into account both the amount of water vapor in the system and the wind that moves ...

A stronger atmospheric river is set to hit Northern California on Monday and then hit Los Angeles County on Tuesday, aiding hopes of a more definitive end to a devastating fire weather season for ...

You can get in touch with Tom by emailing [email protected]. Languages: English. An atmospheric river is poised to slam into the Eastern United States on Wednesday, bringing torrential rain ...