Stimulating and Facilitating Collaborative Long-Term Ecological Research: A Proposal for Continuing Support of the LTER Network Office

长期生态研究计划（LTER） 把自己从一个松散的附属集合 一个综合的网络。 最近 成果包括：制定有效的 电子通信系统;数据生成 目录和共享数据集，包括 站点网络的卫星图像;激励 跨站点合成和实验;以及 与其他科学中心和联邦机构合作。 总的来说，长期应急反应网络扩大了其重点， 包括更大的空间层面（区域和 全球），并承担了生态的领导作用， 研究涉及长期的实验和 观察和多地点综合。 LTER的网络化活动使科学研究得以进行， 远超正式的LTER网络的协作。 与一般生态学的初步合作 社区和其他研究组织和机构 涉及研究规划和电子 通信 在今后两年中，LTER预计 与各种不同的实体建立新的联系， 美国国家科学基金会资助的超级计算机和地理信息系统中心，美国宇航局， 其他国家的LTER项目。 该项目将继续 促进合作研究的活动 建立远程应急反应网络，并提供与其他 长期研究网络（国内和 国际），机构计划和科学家。 最 的资源将用于支持 有组织的电子连接的基础设施 从事多地点研究的科学家小组， 综合内外正式LTER计划。 支持网络通信、信息和数据 交换仍然是网络的主要重点 办公室 一个主要因素是电子访问， 信息交流，包括电子邮件 在线数据库和数据共享服务。 一 本建议期间（1993年）的特别项目是 第三次LTER全体科学家会议和相关的 LTER国际峰会。 未来两年的主要战略重点是 与其他机构建立工作联系， 研究机构、研究项目和科学家， 长期的生态研究，包括 其他NSF资助的科学中心。 拟议活动 包括：（1）扩大现有的通信 网络、数据目录和在线数据库， 建立书目数据库; (2)采集、存档和分析一系列 与NASA合作的遥感数据， （3）超级计算机中心的维护 促进结构和出版计划 与协调委员会和LTER有联系 网络;（4）增加与其他长期- 国内的长期研究计划（例如， 由美国地质勘探局、美国农业部和美国地质调查局赞助）和国际上。 网络工作人员的研究和开发工作 将发生在数据库管理领域，远程 传感数据、地理信息分析，以及 站点间比较。

The Long-Term Ecological Research (LTER) Program has transformed itself from a loosely affiliated collection of sites to an integrated network. Recent accomplishments include: development of an effective electronic communication system; creation of data catalogs and shared data sets, including comprehensive satellite imagery for the network of sites; stimulation of cross-site syntheses and experiments; and linking with other scientific centers and federal agencies. Collectively, the LTER Network has expanded its focus to include larger spatial dimensions (regional and global) and has assumed a leadership role in ecological research involving long-term experimentation and observation and multi-site synthesis. The networked activities of LTER had allowed scientific collaboration far beyond the formal LTER Network. Initial collaborations with the general ecological community and other research organizations and agencies have involved research planning and electronic communication. During the next two years LTER expects to forge new linkages with such diverse entities as the NSF-funded supercomputer and GIS centers, NASA, and LTER-like programs in other countries. This project will presents the continuation of activities which facilitate collaborative research in the LTER Network and provide the linkages to other long-term research networks (domestic and international), agency programs, and scientists. Most of the resources will be used to support the infrastructure of the organized, electronically-linked group of scientists working on multi-site research and synthesis within and beyond the formal LTER Program. Support of Network communication, information and data exchange continues as a primary focus for the Network Office. A major element is electronic access and information exchange, ranging from electronic mail services to on-line databases and data sharing. A special project during this proposal period (1993) is the third LTER All Scientists meeting and an associated international LTER summit. The major strategic emphasis in the next two years is building working linkages with other agencies, institutions, research programs, and scientists with interests in long-term ecological research, including other NSF-funded science centers. Proposed activities include: (1) Expansion of the existing communication network, data catalog, and on-line databases and development of a bibliographic database; (2) Acquisition, archiving, and analysis of an array of remotely sensed data from collaboration with NASA and the Supercomputer Centers; (3) Maintenance of the facilitating structure and publication program associated with the Coordinating Committee and LTER Network; and (4) Increased involvement with other long- term research programs both domestically (e.g., sponsored by USGS, USDA, and NPS) and internationally. Research and development efforts by the network staff will occur in areas of database management, remotely sensed data, geographic information analysis, and intersite comparisons.