Weather and Climate Resources for Nevada

 

The following publications on weather and climate and related topics for Nevada are available from the Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology. Items available free on the Internet are underlined and can be viewed at:

http://www.nbmg.unr.edu/dox/dox.htm for NBMG publications or http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/usgspubs/index.jsp for USGS publications.

 

Bulletins

B94         Pluvial lakes and estimated pluvial climates of Nevada: Mifflin and Wheat

                (1979) $8.00

B112       National geodetic infrastructure--Current status and future requirements:

                The example of Norway: Plag (2006) $30.00, or for more information:

                http://geodesy.unr.edu/

 

Open-File Reports

OF 86-5      Flood and related debris-flow hazards, Las Vegas SE Quadrangle,

                    Nevada: Katzer (1986) $2.00

OF 86-6      Flood and related debris-flow hazards, South Lake Tahoe Quadrangle,

                    Nevada and California: Katzer and Glancy (1986) $4.00

OF 86-8      Flood and related debris-flow hazards along principal drainages, Carson City

                    Quadrangle, Nevada: Katzer and Schroer (1986) $4.00

 

Reports

R48          Statewide potential evapotranspiration maps for Nevada: Shevenell (1996)

                 $7.00

R51          Preliminary assessment of the potential for carbon dioxide disposal

                 by sequestration in geological settings in Nevada: Price and others (2005)

                 $15.00 for text or CD-ROM

 

Special Publications

SP2          Nevada’s weather and climate: Houghton, Sakamoto, and Gifford (1975) $7.00

SP23        The 1997 New Year’s floods in western Nevada: Rigby and others

                 (1998) $31.00, includes SP23m

SP23m     The 1997 New Year’s floods in western Nevada: Rigby and others (1998)

                 $5.00 for map only

SP 34       Weather and climate of the Reno-Carson City-Lake Tahoe region:

                 O’Hara, Barbato, James, Angeloff and Cylke (2007) $20.00

 

Urban Area Flood and Debris Flow Hazards Maps

Carson City - 1Al, Genoa - 1Cl, South Lake Tahoe - 2Al, Las Vegas SE - 3Al,

Las Vegas SW - 3Bl, Washoe City - 5Al

 

U.S. Geological Survey Publications

HA-694-B    Ground-water levels in the Great Basin region of Nevada, Utah and

                      adjacent states: Thomas, Mason and Crabtree (1986) $7.00

I-416             Pleistocene lakes in the Great Basin: Snyder, Hardman and  

                      Zdenek (1964) $7.00

MF-2323       Extent of Pleistocene lakes in the western Great Basin: Reheis (1999)

                      $18.00 (poster) or free at: http://pubs.usgs.gov/mf/1999/mf-2323/

PP 1329        Vegetation and climates of the last 45,000 years in the vicinity of the

                      Nevada Test Site, south-central Nevada: Spaulding (1985)

                      $24.90 (photocopy)

TR3               Global change (teacher’s packet) also free on the Web at:

                      http://erg.usgs.gov/isb/pubs/teachers-packets/globalchange/globalhtml/

MIS 96-6550    Helping your child learn geography (page 11 – activities on climate), free at:   

                      http://www.ed.gov/pubs/parents/Geography/index.html

 

FEMA           

Flood Insurance Rate Maps for all counties in Nevada – available for viewing.

Also online at http://msc.fema.gov

                      

Other links of interest:

National Weather Service:

http://www.nws.noaa.gov/

 

National Weather Service – Reno:

http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/rev/

 

USGS Educational Resources

http://www.usgs.gov/education

 

Nevada Geodetic Laboratory:

http://geodesy.unr.edu/

 

Nevada State Climate Office:

http://www.climate.unr.edu

 

National Weather Association:

http://www.nwas.org

 

Weatherwise:

http://www.weatherwise.org

 

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