POWRE: GIS Training for Application to Coastal Zone Management

这项建议被提交给全美妇女研究和教育专业机会(POWRE)计划。该协会有湿地生态学的背景，并对湿地在沿海河口和海湾的高地土地利用活动和下游水质之间所起的缓冲作用感兴趣。她希望通过使用景观尺度的动态空间模型来扩大她的研究。该提案要求为PI提供支持，以完成三项任务：1)对地理信息系统(GIS)进行培训，这对大规模建模/数据采集至关重要；2)在印度河泻湖启动一项试点项目，以评估测量与沿海海湾周围湿地边缘变窄和潜在损失相关的水质变化和水下水生植被结构的可行性；以及3)购买并熟悉STELA建模程序。

This proposal was submitted to the NSF-wide Professional Opportunities for Women in Research and Education (POWRE) program. The PI has a background in wetland ecology and is interested the role that wetlands play as a buffer between upland land-use activities and downstream water quality in coastal estuaries and bays. She would like to expand her research via the use of landscape-scale dynamic spatial models. The proposal requests support for the PI to complete three tasks, which are 1) training in Geographic Information Systems (GIS) which is essential for large-scale modeling/data acquisition, 2) initiation of a pilot project in Indian River Lagoon for assessing the feasibility of measuring changes in water quality and subsequent structure of submerged aquatic vegetation associated with the narrowing and potential loss of the wetland fringe surrounding coastal bays, and 3) to purchase and become familiar with the Stella modeling program.