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

内华达山脉水生研究实验室（SNARL）是加州大学圣巴巴拉分校（UCSB）的一个野外研究站，位于内华达山脉东部。该站是加州大学自然保护区系统（NRS）中最常用和最具科学生产力的站点之一。SNARL支持从高山流域到碱湖，从原始森林到实验溪流的栖息地的全范围全年实地研究。该项目将在SNARL建立一座办公楼和数据库中心。该中心将利用最近收购的一栋建筑，该建筑已搬到现场，正在进行翻新。该项目还将支持建立数据库中心，该中心将提供1)为现场站用户提供联网计算机和外围设备，2)地理信息系统（GIS）软件和数据库，3)全球定位系统（GPS）硬件和软件，4)专用互联网连接，以及5)工作人员开发和支持以空间相关数据集为重点的研究。该项目将为现场科学家提供在“现场”处理和分析数据的新机会。这条电信线路将允许访问的科学家与工作人员和同事保持联系，并将数据从实地站来回传输到他们的家乡机构。移动和存储大型数据文件（如遥感图像）的能力将成为该项目的一部分。对额外空间和拟议的设施和设备的需求很大。将强调数据库的发展和管理，以改善对外地站研究人员的支助。这些数据集的国内和国际访问将通过互联网提供。

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.