Defining “Atmospheric River”: How the Glossary of Meteorology Helped Resolve a Debate

AFFILIATIONS: raLPh—Center for Western Weather and Water Extremes, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California; Dettinger—U.S. Geological Survey, Carson City, Nevada; CairnS*—Federal Aviation Administration, San Diego, California; gaLarneau—University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona; eyLanDer—US Army Engineer Research and Development Center, Hanover, New Hampshire