Implementation of a Computational Facility for Quantitative Geomorphologic Acquisition, Processing, Analysis and Display of Large Digital Data Sets

小行星9509954 NSF的资金将补充来自新墨西哥州大学的配套资金，用于在地球和行星科学系内建立和实施基于UNIX的计算设施。 具体而言，将购置一台Sun SPARCstation 20工作站，该工作站有64 MB内存、10 GB大容量存储器、一台配有图形加速卡的大幅面彩色显示器、一个光盘只读存储器和软件，包括Sun Solaris操作系统、FORTRAN-90和C编译程序、ARC/INFO和S-PLUS。由DEC-PATHWORKS提供服务的现有全系网络将使所有教职员工、研究人员和学生能够访问新设施，并可以选择让他们的PC或Macintosh通过SPARCstation 20工作站运行X应用程序。 该设施的设计主要是为了满足第四纪研究小组在获取，处理，分析和显示大型数字数据集的研究需求，但也将有一个跨学科的重点，以提高基于UNIX的资源和应用程序的部门。 由第四纪研究小组在该设施进行的研究将包括操纵高分辨率（30和90米）USGS数字高程数据进行（1）区域定量形态分析，（2）调查隆起，起伏，平均海拔和侵蚀之间的基本关系，（3）对地形进行计算密集的傅立叶分析，以提取景观发展中的构造成分，（4）为编制和编辑地表地质图提供框架，（5）在景观演化分析中，结合地理信息系统的应用，使用地形数据和地表地质数据。 ***

9509954 Pazzaglia NSF funding will supplement matching funds from the University of New Mexico to build and implement a UNIX-based computational facility within the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences. Specifically, a Sun SPARCstation 20 workstation with 64 MB of memory, 10 GB of mass storage, a large-format color monitor with a graphics accelerator card, a CD-ROM and software including, Sun Solaris operating system, FORTRAN-90 and C compilers, ARC/INFO and S-PLUS will be acquired. An extant department-wide network serviced by DEC-PATHWORKS will enable all faculty, research staff, and students to access the new facility with the option to have their PC or Macintosh run X-applications through the SPARCstation 20 workstation. The facility will be designed primarily to meet the research needs of the Quaternary Studies Group in acquiring, processing, analyzing, and displaying large digital data sets, but will also have an interdisciplinary focus in enhancing UNIX-based resources and applications for the Department. Research to be performed by Quaternary Studies Group at this facility will include manipulation of high-resolution (30 and 90 m) USGS digital elevation data to perform (1) regional quantitative morphometric analysis, (2) investigate the fundamental relationship between uplift, relief, mean elevation, and erosion, (3) perform computationally-intensive Fourier analyses on topography to extract the tectonic component in landscape development, (4) provide a framework for the preparation and compilation of surficial geologic maps, and (5) use topographic data and surficial geologic data in concert with GIS-based applications in landscape evolution analyses. ***