From Coast to Crest: Using Backwards Trajectories to Estimate Atmospheric Rivers’ Contributions to Colorado’s Wettest Days
Jonathan Rutz1, Deanna Nash2, Jason M Cordeira3, Zhenhai Zhang3, F Martin Ralph4, Kris Sanders5 and Erin Walter5, (1)Center for Western Weather and Water Extremes (CW3E), Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego, La Jolla, United States, (2)Scripps Institution of Oceanography, Univ. of California San Diego, Center for Western Weather and Water Extremes (CW3E), La Jolla, United States, (3)Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UCSD, Center for Western Weather and Water Extremes (CW3E), La Jolla, United States, (4)Scripps Institution of Oceanography, Center for Western Weather and Water Extremes (CW3E), La Jolla, United States, (5)National Weather Service, Grand Junction Forecast Office, Grand Junction, United States