Upgrade of Computing Equipment in the Digital Mapping Laboratory, Idaho State University

爱达荷州立大学数字测绘实验室计算设备升级

• 批准号: 0930055
• 负责人: Benjamin Crosby
• 金额: $ 7.5万
• 依托单位: Idaho State University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2009
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2009-10-01 至 2011-03-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0930055&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Upgrade; Computing; Equipment; Digital; Mapping

This award is providing funds to upgrade digital mapping facilities for the Idaho State University Digital Mapping Laboratory. The workstations, servers, and associated gigabit network connections supported by this grant are providing modern work stations that will better service existing and future research projects at ISU. The digital mapping facilities supported by the project are contributing to four interdisciplinary near-surface research themes: field characterization and modeling of landscape response to contemporary and ancient changes in climate or tectonics; short-term landscape, soil, and vegetation change as documented by hyperspectral and light detection and ranging (LiDAR) techniques; geospatially distributed, GIS-based hydrologic and water quality modeling at the watershed scale in mountain environments, and simulation of ground-water flow based on statistical analysis and 3-D modeling of inter-bedded volcanic and sedimentary deposits. Each of these research groups pair innovative datasets and techniques against applied and theoretical questions that advance our understanding of water resources, climate change and remote sensing capabilities. The computer facility upgrade is supporting the research efforts of several early career researchers at Idaho State University, as well as promoting teaching and training of a core group of graduate and undergraduate research assistants in the Department of Geosciences. Increased access to remote sensing and GIS data and applications complements the student-directed research projects in hydrology, structural geology, stratigraphy, geomorphology, and petrology. Results of these projects are being incorporated into the undergraduate and graduate curriculum. Over the lifespan of these computers, about 375 geoscience majors and graduate students are expected to benefit from these facilities. Because approximately 40% of the students who will use the laboratory are members of an underrepresented group, the award is helping to broaden participation in the geosciences. The research projects supported by this award are expected to have a societal impact specifically on decisions regarding Idaho's land use, water resources, and urban expansion and economic development.

该奖项为爱达荷州立大学数字地图实验室升级数字地图设施提供资金。该赠款支持的工作站，服务器和关联的千兆网络连接正在提供现代工作站，这些工作站将更好地为ISU提供现有和未来的研究项目。该项目支持的数字地图设施为四个跨学科的近乎表面研究主题做出了贡献：景观对当代和古代气候变化或构造的景观响应的构图；短期景观，土壤和植被变化，如高光谱和光检测和范围（LIDAR）技术所记录的；在山区环境中，基于GIS的地理空间分布，基于GIS的水文和水质建模，以及基于统计分析和3D模型的地下水流量模拟，对层间火山和沉积沉积物进行了模拟。 这些研究小组中的每一个都将创新的数据集和技术与应用和理论问题相结合，以提高我们对水资源，气候变化和遥感能力的理解。 计算机设施的升级正在支持爱达荷州立大学的几位早期职业研究人员的研究工作，并促进了地球科学系中的核心研究生和本科研究助理的核心培训。增加对遥感和GIS数据和应用程序的访问补充了学生指导的水文学，结构地质，地层学，地貌和岩石学的研究项目。这些项目的结果已纳入本科和研究生课程中。在这些计算机的寿命中，约有375个地球科学专业和研究生将从这些设施中受益。由于将使用实验室的学生中约有40％是代表性不足的群体的成员，因此该奖项正在帮助扩大对地球科学的参与。 预计该奖项支持的研究项目将对有关爱达荷州土地使用，水资源以及城市扩张和经济发展的决策产生社会影响。