CNN CNN Newsroom With Fredricka Whitfield June 4, 2024 19:50:00
Using lasers and spectrometers, and from that information, we can then know the full distribution of how much water there isn't a mountain snowpack. and also how fast it's going to melt. and that's allowed us then to change forecast errors from being pretty large to very small and really dramatically changed water management in the west. look at imagery of the ptolemy basin near yosemite valley. at this time last year, there's barely any snow. now look at this year. the bright yellow, showing most of the same area buried under more than 10 ft of snow that's nearly 640% more snow than in 2022 p...