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Oceanography and Atmospheric Sciences and Meteorology

University of Nevada, Las Vegas

Series

2003

California – Owens Lake; Climate; Climatic changes – Forecasting; Nevada – Devils Hole; Nevada – Yucca Mountain; Paleoclimatology;

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Future Climate Analysis -- 10,000 Years To 1,000,000 Years After Present, Saxon E. Sharpe, Dwight Hoxie, Amy J. Smiecinski Mar 2003

Future Climate Analysis -- 10,000 Years To 1,000,000 Years After Present, Saxon E. Sharpe, Dwight Hoxie, Amy J. Smiecinski

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The purpose of this report is to provide quantified estimates of temperature and precipitation and estimate the timing of climate states in the Yucca Mountain, Nevada, area for the period from 10,000 to 1,000,000 years beyond the present. Primary tasks are limited to: 1) selecting modern analog climate stations for three different magnitude glacial stages; and, 2) determining the timing of future climate states using orbital parameter data and Devils Hole and Owens Lake records. These estimates are intended to be used as input to models of the infiltration process to assess the performance of the natural and engineered systems …