Ming Pan is a senior research hydrologist at the University of California, San Diego. Dry conditions across Southern California set the stage for a series of deadly wind-driven wildfires that burned ...

In early January, the soil moisture in much of Southern California was in the bottom 2% of historical records for that day in the region. That’s extremely low.

Ming Pan, a hydrologist at the University of California-San Diego’s Center for Western Weather and Water Extremes, tracks the state’s water supplies. He put Southern California’s dryness ...

California faces one of its driest early January periods, with soil moisture in historically low levels. Wildfires ravaged Southern California, exacerbated by dry conditions. Hydrologists urge ...

Ming Pan is a senior research hydrologist at the University of California, San Diego. Dry conditions across Southern California set the stage for a series of deadly wind-driven wildfires that ...

Ming Pan receives funding from the California Department of Water Resources and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Dry conditions across Southern California set the stage for a ...