The California Drought 2018

44% of California is now experiencing moderate drought conditions
(Associated Press/Los Angeles Times; February 1, 2018)
http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-drought-report-20180201-story.html

Southern California's brief escape of drought ends
(Ellen KNICKERMEYER and Rick PEDRONCELLI, Associated Press/SF Chronicle;
 January 31, 2018)
https://www.sfchronicle.com/news/science/article/California-gauges-snowpack-amid-dry-winter-12542171.php


Selected Research Publications:


Snowpack Below Average Despite Gains
[News Release, California Department of Water Resources (DWR); February 1, 2018]
http://www.water.ca.gov/news/newsreleases/2018/020118snowsurvey.pdf

Future loss of Arctic sea-ice cover could drive a substantial decrease in California's rainfall 
(CVIJANOVIC et al., 2017)
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-017-01907-4.pdf

Sustained water loss in California's mountain ranges during severe drought from 2012 through 2015 inferred from GPS
(ARGUS et al., 2017)
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/2017JB014424/pdf

 Where Does California's Water Come From?
(KLAUSMEYER and FITZGERALD, 2012)
https://www.nature.org/media/california/california_drinking-water-sources-2012.pdf

Websites:


United States Drought Monitor - California
[University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL); February 1, 2018]
http://droughtmonitor.unl.edu/CurrentMap/StateDroughtMonitor.aspx?CA

Groundwater and Soil Moisture Conditions from GRACE Data Assimilation
[NASA and The National Drought Mitigation Center - University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL);    January 29, 2018]
http://nasagrace.unl.edu/



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