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44 Groundwater Availability of the Central Valley Aquifer, California CUMULATIVE DEPARTURE OF PRECIPITATION, IN INCHES PER YEAR 50 40 30 20 10 0 -10 -20 -30 -40 -50 -60 -70 -80 "Variable" "Variable" "Variable" Dry Wet to Wet Dry Wet Dry Wet Dry to to Dry Wet Dry Wet Dry Dry Wet 1875 1885 1895 1905 1915 1925 1935 1945 1955 1965 1975 1985 1995 2005 Red Bluff Davis Fresno ( and TIME, IN YEARS EXPLANATION Annual cumulative departure of precipition— Bakersfield Pacific Decadal Oscillation (PDO) Index-24 month moving average Figure A17. Cumulative departure from average annual precipitation at Redding, Davis, Fresno, and Bakersfield, California. For reference, a 24-month moving average of the Pacific Decadal Oscillation Index is also plotted. "Variable" to Dry -1.0 -2.0 -3.0 and ). 3.0 2.0 1.0 0.0 PACIFIC DECADAL OSCILLATION (PDO) INDEX, UNITLESS

CUMULATIVE DEPARTURE OF PRECIPITATION AND REFERENCE EVAPOTRANSPIRATION, IN INCHES PER YEAR 10 0 -10 -20 -30 -40 "Variable" to Dry "Variable" to Wet ) and is directly dependent on a combina- - ). Dry Wet Dry Wet TIME, IN YEARS Hydrogeology 45 -50 -1.5 1960 1965 1970 1975 1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005 EXPLANATION Annual cumulative departure of reference evapotranspiration (ETo)— Red Bluff Davis Bakersfield Annual cumulative departure of precipitation from PRISM data Davis Pacific Decadal Oscillation (PDO) average annual value "Variable" to Dry Figure A18. Cumulative departure of monthly precipitation (Parameter-elevation Regressions on Independent Slopes Model (PRISM) data from Davis, California), cumulative departure of the Pacific Decadal Oscillation (PDO) index, and cumulative departure of the monthly reference evapotranspiration (ETo) values (gridded values of California Irrigation Management Information System’s (CIMIS) stations from Redding, Davis, and Bakersfield, 1960–2004). -0.5 -1.0 - 2.0 1.5 1.0 0.5 0.0 PACIFIC DECADAL OSCILLATION (PDO) INDEX, UNITLESS

44 Groundwater Availability of the <strong>Central</strong> <strong>Valley</strong> <strong>Aquifer</strong>, California<br />

CUMULATIVE DEPARTURE OF PRECIPITATION, IN INCHES PER YEAR<br />

50<br />

40<br />

30<br />

20<br />

10<br />

0<br />

-10<br />

-20<br />

-30<br />

-40<br />

-50<br />

-60<br />

-70<br />

-80<br />

"Variable"<br />

"Variable" "Variable"<br />

Dry Wet to<br />

Wet Dry Wet Dry Wet Dry<br />

to to Dry Wet Dry Wet<br />

Dry<br />

Dry Wet<br />

1875 1885 1895 1905 1915 1925 1935 1945 1955 1965 1975 1985 1995 2005<br />

Red Bluff<br />

Davis<br />

Fresno<br />

<br />

( <strong>and</strong> <br />

<br />

<br />

<br />

TIME, IN YEARS<br />

EXPLANATION<br />

Annual cumulative departure of precipition—<br />

Bakersfield<br />

Pacific Decadal Oscillation (PDO) Index-24 month moving average<br />

Figure A17. Cumulative departure from average annual precipitation at Redding, Davis, Fresno, <strong>and</strong> Bakersfield, California. For<br />

reference, a 24-month moving average of the Pacific Decadal Oscillation Index is also plotted.<br />

"Variable"<br />

to<br />

Dry<br />

-1.0<br />

-2.0<br />

-3.0<br />

<br />

<br />

<strong>and</strong> ).<br />

3.0<br />

2.0<br />

1.0<br />

0.0<br />

PACIFIC DECADAL OSCILLATION (PDO) INDEX, UNITLESS

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