Forecasting of California water supply

Episode 6 Season 2

California has been in the news in December and January, with extreme rainfall and floods, and this situation occurs after many years of intense drought.

For this episode, we talked to Chuck Young and Vishal Metha, both from SEI. They shared their work on Forecasting Water Supply in California and how these recent storms might help California’s water conditions.

Published on 16 February 2023

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