Atmospheric rivers are long and relatively narrow bands of water vapor that form over an ocean and flow through the sky, ...

Many atmospheric river events are weak ... in the 1990s by scientists Yong Zhu and Reginald E. Newell of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Atmospheric rivers are often referred to ...

Where did the term atmospheric river come from? The name came from research published in the 1990s by scientists Yong Zhu and Reginald E. Newell of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Here’s a look at the phenomenon: Advertisement Article continues below this ad WHAT IS AN ATMOSPHERIC RIVER? Atmospheric ... Newell of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.