The Sevilleta Research Field Station: Infrastructure Enhancements for High-quality Water Resources and Wireless Data Transmission

塞维利亚研究站：改善优质水资源和无线数据传输的基础设施

• 批准号: 0330429
• 负责人: William Pockman
• 金额: $ 7.63万
• 依托单位: University of New Mexico
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2004
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2004-03-01 至 2008-10-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0330429&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Sevilleta; Research; Field; Station; Infrastructure

Project Abstract. A grant has been awarded to the University of New Mexico for improving the research capabilities at the UNM Sevilleta Research Field Station. The Sevilleta field station is located on the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's Sevilleta National Wildlife Refuge (NWR) in central New Mexico. The station provides logistical field support to a large number of scientists and students studying the ecology, geology, anthropology, and climatology of the Middle Rio Grande Valley. The research and training use of the field station has continued at a high level of activity, having increased dramatically in the early 1990s. Continual increases in the station's role in hosting field research programs, research symposia, workshops, conferences and educational activities have accentuated the need for several improvements and additions in the station's infrastructure. This project will provide funds for (1) enhancement of the field station's water supply for residence and laboratory use, and (2) install a "wireless cloud" of radio relay systems for real-time transmission of data between the Sevilleta station and field-situated computers, data loggers, web-cams, and other automated instruments located across the Sevilleta NWR study areas. These improvements will enhance not only residence living conditions at the station, but also will substantially improve the infrastructure capability for researchers using the Sevilleta NWR as a field experimental site. The improved, high-quality water system will provide deionized and distilled water for laboratory experiments and measurements of such things as soil texture and plant nutrients. The new water system also will provide better quality potable water for resident researchers and workshop/conference attendees who use the field station facilities throughout the year. The "wireless cloud" will provide the "backbone" transmission system for current and future automated probes, instruments and cameras that provide continuous, real-time measures of many environmental parameters (these include weather data, soil temperatures and moisture levels, carbon dioxide fluctuations, movements of animals, etc.).

项目摘要。新墨西哥大学获得了一笔赠款，用于改善新墨西哥州州立大学塞维莱塔研究站的研究能力。塞维莱塔野外站位于美国鱼类和野生动物服务局位于新墨西哥州中部的塞维莱塔国家野生动物保护区(NWR)。空间站为大量研究格兰德河谷中部的生态学、地质学、人类学和气候学的科学家和学生提供后勤现场支持。在1990年代初大幅增加后，外地站的研究和培训使用继续保持高水平的活动。空间站在主持实地研究方案、研究座谈会、讲习班、会议和教育活动方面的作用不断增强，这突出了对空间站基础设施进行若干改进和增加的必要性。该项目将为以下方面提供资金：(1)加强外地站点的居住和实验室用水供应，(2)安装无线电中继系统的“无线云”，以便在Sevilleta站点与位于Sevilleta NWR研究区的实地计算机、数据记录器、网络摄像机和其他自动化仪器之间实时传输数据。这些改进不仅将改善空间站的居住生活条件，还将大幅改善使用塞维莱塔西北反应堆作为野外试验场的研究人员的基础设施能力。改进后的优质水系统将为实验室实验和土壤质地和植物养分的测量提供去离子和蒸馏水。新的供水系统还将为驻地研究人员和全年使用外地站设施的讲习班/会议与会者提供质量更好的饮用水。“无线云”将为当前和未来的自动化探测器、仪器和摄像机提供“主干”传输系统，为许多环境参数(包括天气数据、土壤温度和湿度水平、二氧化碳波动、动物活动等)提供连续、实时的测量。