The findings have important implications for assumptions about what might drive organizational learning and change among water managers for climate adaptation in the future.

The study found that an initial estimate of diversions based on climate variables and land-use can be generated, and therefore could be used to drive Central Valley groundwater models to estimate pumping.

Water reserved in mountain snowpack plays a major role in seasonal water cycles and currently supplies water to an estimated two billion people.

The webinars will provide the region's stakeholders and interested parties with timely information on current and developing climate conditions such as drought, floods and tropical storms, as well as climatic events like El Niño and La Niña.

Flash drought can quickly deplete soil moisture and dramatically increase evaporative stress on the environment, leading to significant impacts on agriculture. A recently completed study, supported by CPO's Sectoral Applications Research Program, performed a regional analysis across the United States to explore geographic differences of flash droughts.