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Digital elevation model of Walker Lake, West-Central Nevada

Dates

Release Date
2008-01-01
Time Period
2005
Publication Date

Citation

Smith, J.L., 2008, Digital elevation model of Walker Lake, West-Central Nevada: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9K0CK2Q.

Summary

These data were released prior to the October 1, 2016 effective date for the USGS’s policy dictating the review, approval, and release of scientific data as referenced in USGS Survey Manual Chapter 502.8 Fundamental Science Practices: Review and Approval of Scientific Data for Release. Walker Lake lies within a topographically closed basin in west-central Nevada and is the terminus of the Walker River. Accurately determining the bathymetry and relations between lake-surface altitude, surface area, and storage volume are part of a study to improve the water budget for Walker Lake. Bathymetry of Walker Lake was measured using a single-beam echosounder coupled to a differentially-corrected global positioning system. Lake depth was subtracted [...]

Contacts

Point of Contact :
U.S. Geological Survey, Nevada Water Science Center
Originator :
J. LaRue Smith
Metadata Contact :
U.S. Geological Survey
SDC Data Owner :
Nevada Water Science Center
USGS Mission Area :
Water Resources

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sir2007-5012_bathymetry2.zip 330.12 MB application/zip
sir2007-5012_bathymetry.zip 521.91 MB application/zip

Purpose

The DEM described and documented was used to make comparisons of relations between lake-surface altitude, surface area, and storage volume from the Walker Lake study and Rush (1970); and an estimate of the 1882 lake-surface altitude. This data set was created as part of a U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) study, done in cooperation with the Bureau of Land Management. The intended uses of this data set include, but are not limited to, natural resource modeling, mapping, and visualization applications.

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Provenance

These data were originally released on the Water Mission Area National Spatial Data Infrastructure Node and were migrated to sciencebase.gov in 2023. These data were released prior to the October 1, 2016 effective date for the USGS's policy dictating the review, approval, and release of scientific data as referenced in USGS Survey Manual Chapter 502.8 Fundamental Science Practices: Review and Approval of Scientific Data for Release.

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DOI https://www.sciencebase.gov/vocab/category/item/identifier doi:10.5066/P9K0CK2Q

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