An Overview of the Nevada Climate Change Portal

Brigham Young University BYU ScholarsArchive International Congress on Environmental Modelling and Software 7th International Congress on Environmental Modelling and Software - San Di

Brigham Young University

BYU ScholarsArchive

International Congress on Environmental

Modelling and Software

7th International Congress on Environmental Modelling and Software - San Diego, California,

USA - June 2014 Jun 16th, 2:00 PM - 3:20 PM

An Overview of the Nevada Climate Change Portal

Sergiu Dascalu

University of Nevada, Reno, dascalus@cse.unr.edu

Frederick C Harris Jr

University of Nevada, Reno

Michael McMahon Jr

University of Nevada, Reno

Eric Fritzinger

University of Nevada, Reno

Scotty Strachan

University of Nevada, Reno, scotty@dayhike.net

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Dascalu, Sergiu; Harris, Frederick C Jr.; McMahon, Michael Jr.; Fritzinger, Eric; Strachan, Scotty; and Kelley, Richard, "An Overview of the Nevada Climate Change Portal" (2014) International Congress on

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Sergiu Dascalu, Frederick C Harris Jr., Michael McMahon Jr., Eric Fritzinger, Scotty Strachan, and Richard Kelley

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