thumbnail

Geometeorological data collected by the USGS Desert Winds Project at Gold Spring, Great Basin desert, northeastern Arizona, 1979-1992

Open-File Report 95-78
By: , , , and 
https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr9578

Links

Abstract

The primary purpose of the Desert Winds Project (DWP) is to obtain high-resolution meteorological data and related surface geological and vegetation data for natural (e.g., uncultivated) desert sites where wind is or has been a major erosive or depositional force. The objectives are twofold: (1) to provide the detailed field measurements needed to carry out quantitative studies of wind as an agent of surface geologic change; and (2) to establish a baseline for defining the 'normal' range of climatic conditions that can be expected to occur on a decadal time scale, in areas considered representative of the major American deserts. The Gold Spring locality was selected to represent that part of the Great Basin Desert that extends into northeastern Arizona. The long-term goal for acquiring and analyzing the Desert Winds Project data is to use them to address problems of land resource degradation by wind, whether resulting from climatic variation aridification) or human activities (desertification), or both (see techinfo.doc).

Study Area

Publication type Report
Publication Subtype USGS Numbered Series
Title Geometeorological data collected by the USGS Desert Winds Project at Gold Spring, Great Basin desert, northeastern Arizona, 1979-1992
Series title Open-File Report
Series number 95-78
DOI 10.3133/ofr9578
Edition Version 3.0
Year Published 1995
Language English
Publisher U.S. Geological Survey
Description HTML Document; CD-ROM
Country United States
State Arizona
Other Geospatial Gold Spring, Great Basin Desert
Google Analytic Metrics Metrics page
Additional publication details