FSML: Database Center at the Sierra Nevada Aquatic Research Laboratory (SNARL)

Sierra内华达州水生研究实验室（SNARL）是加州大学圣巴巴拉分校（UCSB）的一个野外工作站，位于Sierra内华达州东部。 该站是加州大学自然保护区系统（NRS）中使用最多、科学成果最丰富的站点之一。 SNARL支持从高山流域到碱湖，古老的森林到实验溪流的栖息地的全年实地研究。 该项目将在SNARL创建一个办公楼和数据库中心。 该中心将利用最近收购的一座建筑，该建筑已搬迁到该地点并正在翻修。 该项目还将支持建立数据库中心，该中心将提供：（1）为外地站用户联网的计算机和外围设备，（2）地理信息系统软件和数据库，（3）全球定位系统硬件和软件，（4）专用的因特网连接，（5）开发和支持研究的工作人员，重点是与空间有关的数据集。 该项目将为野外科学家提供新的机会，使他们能够在“野外“处理和分析数据。“电信连接将使来访的科学家能够与工作人员和同事保持联系，并将数据从外地站来回传送到他们的家乡机构。 移动和存储遥感图像等大型数据文件的能力将是该项目的一部分。 对增加的空间和拟议的设施和设备的需求很大。 将强调数据库的开发和管理，以改善对外地站研究人员的支助。 这些数据集将通过互联网在国家和国际上提供。

The Sierra Nevada Aquatic Research Laboratory (SNARL) is a field station of the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB), located in the eastern Sierra Nevada. The station is one of the most used and scientifically productive sites in the University of California's Natural Reserve System (NRS). SNARL supports the full gamut of year-round field research in habitats ranging from alpine watersheds to alkali lakes, old growth forests to experimental streams. This project will create an office building and database center at SNARL. The center will make use of a recently acquired building that has been moved to the site and is being renovated. The project will also support the creation of the database center which will provide 1) networked computers and peripherals for field station users, 2) Geographic Information System (GIS) software and databases, 3) Global Positioning System (GPS) hardware and software, 4) a dedicated Internet connection, and 5) staff to develop and support research with emphasis on spatially-related data sets. The project will provide new opportunities for field scientists to process and analyze data while "in the field." The telecommunications link will allow visiting scientists to stay in contact with staff and colleagues and to move data back and forth from the field station to their home institution. The ability to move and store large data files, such as remote sensing images, will be part of this project. There is substantial demand for the additional space and proposed facilities and equipment. Database development and management will be emphasized to improve the support for researchers at the field station. National and international access to these data sets will be available via the Internet.