The Sevilleta Field Station: Enhancements to Station Computation, Information, and Transportation Capabilities

塞维莱塔野外站为大量研究科学家和学生服务，他们研究新墨西哥州中部广阔而生态多样的地区。该地区包括许多生物群落之间的过渡地带，包括大平原草原、奇瓦瓦沙漠、科罗拉多高原灌木草原、内省查帕拉尔、莫高隆·皮安-杜松林地和山地森林。该区域目前的科学研究集中在不同时空尺度(季节、年度和长期)对气候变化的生物响应、生物多样性问题以及自然和人为干扰后的生态系统恢复。为塞维莱塔的研究活动提供的资金已超过1560万美元，而且还在继续增加。从1990年到1995年，有357名科学家和学生在塞维莱塔野战站服务的该区域的109个研究项目中工作。塞维莱塔站为这些项目中的很大一部分提供后勤支助。该项目涉及空间站作业的三个方面的改进，需要加强以满足实地研究科学家日益增长的需求。计算--增加图形/地理信息系统和ARC/INFO工作站和计算机服务器，以及车站驻地终端；信息--安装一个用于全球定位系统实地工作的差分GPS社区基站，增加一个计算机化的Ariel图书馆参考站，用于文献检索/馆际互借计算机传输，以及购置车站图书馆参考材料；运输--增加几辆用于新墨西哥州中部大片地区实地研究的车辆。通过这些改进，空间站的能力最终将与塞维莱塔科学界对现场支持的后勤需求相匹配。

The Sevilleta Field Station serves a large number of research scientists and students who study the extensive and ecologically diverse region of central New Mexico. The region incorporates transition zones among numerous biomes, including Great Plains Grassland, Chihuahuan Desert, Colorado Plateau Shrub-Steppe, Interior Chaparral, Mogollon Pi on-Juniper Woodland, and Montane Forests. Current scientific research in the region focuses on biotic responses to climate change at various spatial and temporal time scales (seasonal, annual, and long-term), biodiversity issues, and ecosystem restoration following natural and anthropogenic disturbance. Funding for research activities on the Sevilleta has exceeded $15.6 million, and continues to increase. From 1990 to 1995, there were 357 scientists and students working on 109 research projects in the region served by the Sevilleta Field Station. The Sevilleta Station provided logistical support to a large proportion of these projects. This project addresses improvements in three areas of station operations requiring enhancements to meet growing demands by field research scientists. Computation - the addition of graphical/GIS and ARC/INFO workstations and computer server, with terminals for station residences; Information - installation of a Differential GPS Community Base Station for field GPS work, the addition of a computerized Ariel Library Reference Station for literature searches/inter-library loan computer transmissions, and the acquisition of station library reference materials; Transportation - the addition several vehicles for use in field studies covering large areas of central New Mexico. With these enhancements, the station's capabilities will finally match the logistical demands for field support by the Sevilleta's scientific community.