California 'rain debt' equal to average full year of precipitation
Thursday, July 30, 2015 - 17:00
in Earth & Climate
A new NASA study has concluded California accumulated a debt of about 20 inches of precipitation between 2012 and 2015—the average amount expected to fall in the state in a single year. The deficit was driven primarily by a lack of air currents moving inland from the Pacific Ocean that are rich in water vapor.