Last update: 22 October 2012
Given the success of the first Great Basin Climate Forum last April, the Great Basin Landscape Conservation Cooperative, the California Nevada Applications Program, and the Western Regional Climate Center, with support from the Desert Research Intitute (DRI), hosted the 2nd forum on October 17, 2012 at DRI in Reno, NV.Please click here for a flyer for the fall forum
This forum focused on current climate conditions, a recap of summer and early fall, anticipation of the coming winter, and the implications for management in the near-term.
Below are the presentations from the forum (please click to view these pdf files):
- Kelly Redmond, Deputy Director, Western Regional Climate Center,
Great Basin weather and climate: summer recap, current status, and winter prospects
- Justin Huntington, Desert Research Insititute,
Role of surface and groundwater interactions on summertime streamflow in the Great Basin
- Matt Germino, USGS and the Great Basin LCC,
Hydro-climate effects on rangeland ecosystem soils in the Great Basin: thresholds and transformations
- Gina McGuire, meterologist, WGBCC Predictive Services,
Great Basin fire season 2012 and preliminary 2012-2013 predictions
- Clint Koble, State Executive Director of the NV Farm Service Agency of the USDA
(no presentation available)
- Chad Mellison, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service,
Current status and the potential role of climate change to Lahontan Cutthroat Trout
- Erica Fleishman, U.C. Davis,
Discriminating among ecological responses to weather and climate
- Olin Anderson, Water Quality Standards Specialist, Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe,
The Current Climate for a Great Basin Tribe
- Miles Hemstrom, Institute for Natural Resources,
Integrated Landscape Assessment Project
Please click here for a listing of the Forum attendees
The images below show the percent of normal precipitation (%, left) and the departure from normal temperature (°F, right) from June through August of 2012. Images are from the High Plains Regional Climate Center: http://www.hprcc.unl.edu/index.php
The images below show the outlook probability for precipitation (left) and temperature (right) from December 2012 through February 2013. The contours on the map show the total probability (%) of three categories, above, indicated by the letter "A", below, indicated by the letter "B", and the middle category, indicated by the letter "N". At any point on the map, the sum of the probabilities of these three categories is 100%. Images are from the Climate Prediction Center: http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/predictions/90day/
