Flavors of Atmospheric Rivers: Climatology and Impacts of Moisture- vs. Wind-Dominated Atmospheric Rivers Along the US West Coast

Katerina R Gonzales1, Daniel L Swain2,3, Elizabeth A Barnes4 and Noah S Diffenbaugh1, (1)Stanford University, Stanford, CA, United States, (2)University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, United States, (3)National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, United States, (4)Colorado State University Fort Collins, Fort Collins, CO, UNITED STATES