The Atmospheric Rivers Book
In summer 2020, scientists and affiliates of CW3E (Ralph, Dettinger, Waliser & Rutz), teaming with 30 other scientists from CW3E and around the world, published the standard reference book on Atmospheric Rivers (ARs), incorporating roughly 20 years of research on the topic, emphasizing progress made on key research and applications questions and remaining knowledge gaps. The book is designed to provide background and details of modern AR science to practitioners in the fields of meteorology, hydrology, and related disciplines, including students as well as senior researchers. The book presents the history of atmospheric-rivers research, the current state of scientific knowledge, tools, and policy-relevant (science-informed) problems that lend themselves to real-world application of the research―and how the topic fits into larger national and global contexts, in eight chapters.
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Chapter |
Title |
Lead Authors |
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1 |
Introduction to Atmospheric Rivers |
Ralph, Dettinger, Schick, & Anderson |
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2 |
Structure, Process, and Mechanism |
Sodemann, Wernli, Knippertz, Cordeira et al |
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3 |
Observing and Detecting Atmospheric Rivers |
Ralph, White, Wick, Anderson & Rutz |
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4 |
Global and Regional Perspectives |
Rutz, Guan, Bozkurt, Gorodetskaya et al |
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5 |
Effects of Atmospheric Rivers |
Dettinger, Lavers, Compo, Gorodetskaya et al |
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6 |
Atmospheric River Modeling—Forecasting, Climate Simulations, and Climate Projections |
Waliser & Cordeira |
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7 |
Applications of Knowledge and Predictions of Atmospheric Rivers |
Schick, Anderson, Ralph, Dettinger, David A. Lavers, Pappenberger et al |
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8 |
The Future of Atmospheric River Research and Applications |
Ralph, Waliser, Dettinger, Rutz, Anderson et al |
The standard citation for the book is:
Ralph, M., Dettinger, M., Waliser, D., and Rutz, J. (eds.), 2020, Atmospheric Rivers: Springer International Publishing, 252 p.
The book is available for sale electronically (as a whole or chapter-by-chapter) or in hard cover from various outlets, including
https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-030-28906-5
https://www.amazon.com/Atmospheric-Rivers-F-Martin-Ralph/dp/3030289052