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 See next page for additional authors Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/iemssconference Part of the Civil Engineering Commons, Data Storage Systems Commons, Environmental Engineering Commons, and the Other Civil and Environmental Engineering Commons 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 Environmental Modelling and Software https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/iemssconference/2014/Stream-A/5 This Event is brought to you for free and open access by the Civil and Environmental Engineering at BYU ScholarsArchive It has been accepted for inclusion in International Congress on Environmental Modelling and Software by an authorized administrator of BYU ScholarsArchive For more information, please contact scholarsarchive@byu.edu, ellen_amatangelo@byu.edu Presenter/Author Information Sergiu Dascalu, Frederick C Harris Jr., Michael McMahon Jr., Eric Fritzinger, Scotty Strachan, and Richard Kelley This event is available at BYU ScholarsArchive: https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/iemssconference/2014/Stream-A/5 ,QWHUQDWLRQDO(QYLURQPHQWDO0RGHOOLQJDQG6RIWZDUH6RFLHW\ L(06V WK,QWO &RQJUHVVRQ(QY0RGHOOLQJDQG6RIWZDUH6DQ'LHJR&$86$ 'DQLHO3$PHV1LJHO:74XLQQDQG$QGUHD(5L]]ROL (GV KWWS ZZZLHPVVRUJVRFLHW\LQGH[SKSLHPVVSURFHHGLQJV 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