The California Coastal Atlas (CCA) is a platform for the support of scientific research projects and the data
products they generate. The CCA provides a front-end to distributed data resources that are loosely federated
through cross-referencing services such as EZID and DataCite providing search and distribution services through
the CCA web-site. A goal of the CCA is to be a trusted data repository in manner consistent with the best practices
Lisa Levin (Lead PI), Ed Parnell (Co PI), Todd Martz (Assoc. Investigator)
Scripps Institution of Oceanography
University of California, San Diego
llevin@ucsd.edu / 858-534-3579
Computational Assessments of Scenarios of Change for
the Delta Ecosystem1. Project Purpose
In recent years, two guiding principles have been established regarding the future management of the
Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta. First, Governor Schwarzenegger’s Blue Ribbon Task force
recommended that “the Delta ecosystem and a reliable water supply for California are the primary, co-
equal goals for sustainable management of the Delta” [36], and this principle recently became state law
(from CalWater2-30Nov12.pdf) Center for Western Water and Weather Extremes
Emerging research has identified two phenomena that play key roles in the variability of the water supply and the incidence of extreme precipitation events along the West Coast of the United States. These phenomena include the role of:
