Acquisition of a Geographic Information System for the Adirondack Ecological Center

为阿迪朗达克生态中心购买地理信息系统

• 批准号: 9013331
• 负责人: Paul Hopkins
• 金额: $ 5万
• 依托单位: SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 1990
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1990-09-01 至 1993-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9013331&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Acquisition; Geographic; Information; System; Adirondack

The State University of New York, College of Environmental Science and Forestry continues to strengthen the research program and support capabilities of the Adirondack Ecological Center (AEC). Recent improvements have emphasized additional personnel support, enhancement of comprehensive environmental monitoring programs, improvement of work and living spaces for researchers and students, and development of more effective description and documentation of the station and its associated research. Research program goals call for greater emphasis on integrative studies to investigate ecological processes on a large scale, with a spatial context and long-term perspective. The development of a Geographic Information System (GIS) for the station and immediate surroundings is a key component of this effort. This project provides matching funds to purchase computer hardware and software which will form the core of a data/information management and advanced spatial analysis system, to complement the excellent ecological research qualities of the AEC. These qualities include a strategic location and a broad historical data base pertaining to biological, chemical and physical variables, dating to the 1930's. The GIS will capitalize on these assets, faculty and graduate student strengths, and visiting scientist programs to advance synergism in ecological research and account for spatial variables in biological research. Automation in the collection, storage, display, and analysis of data and information gained from past, current, and future research at the AEC will substantially advance the research, improve the management, and increase the utilization of the station.

纽约州立大学环境科学与林业学院继续加强阿迪朗达克生态中心（AEC）的研究计划和支持能力。 最近的进步强调了额外的人员支持，增强全面的环境监测计划，改善工作空间和研究人员和学生的生活空间，以及对电台及其相关研究的更有效描述和文档的开发。 研究计划的目标呼吁更加重视综合研究，以大规模调查生态过程，并具有空间环境和长期观点。 为电台和周围环境的地理信息系统（GIS）的开发是这项工作的关键组成部分。 该项目为购买计算机硬件和软件提供了匹配的资金，这将构成数据/信息管理和高级空间分析系统的核心，以补充AEC的出色生态研究素质。 这些品质包括战略位置以及与生物，化学和物理变量有关的广泛历史数据基础，可追溯到1930年代。 GIS将利用这些资产，教职员工和研究生优势，并访问科学家计划，以推动生态研究中的协同作用，并考虑生物学研究中的空间变量。 从AEC的过去，当前和未来研究中获得的数据和信息的集合，存储，显示和分析中的自动化将大大提高研究，改善管理并增加站点的利用。