A Multi-user Facility for Scientific Image Analysis

斯坦福大学的贾斯珀里奇生物保护区为居民和访问调查人员提供了在各种植物栖息地进行研究的机会。这些不同栖息地的大小和空间安排随着气候的变化而不断变化。Peter Vitousek博士建议在Jasper Ridge保护区安装一个基于微型计算机的图像分析系统，利用该系统可以分析保护区的航空测量照片。保护区的航空照片资料库与气象数据库相结合，将为研究气候变化对植被分布的影响提供良好的基础。拟议中的设备采购将对贾斯珀里奇保护区的常驻和来访科学家产生重大影响。各种研究项目将受益于这一最先进的图像分析系统。许多相关的研究项目涉及生态系统对气候变化的反应，这是一个具有国家重要性的主题。

The Jasper Ridge Biological Preserve of Stanford University provides resident and visiting investigators with research opportunities in a diverse array of vegetational habitats. The size and spatial arrangements of these different habitats are constantly changing in response to climate variations. Dr. Peter Vitousek proposes to install a microcomputer-based image analysis system at the Jasper Ridge Preserve, with which aerial survey photographs of the Preserve can be analyzed. The Preserve's library of aerial photographs, combined with its meteorological database, will provide an excellent foundation for studying the impact of climate change on vegetational distributions. The proposed equipment purchase will have a significant impact on resident and visiting scientists at the Jasper Ridge Preserve. A variety of research projects will benefit from this state-of-the- art image analysis system. Many of the relevant research projects deal with ecosystem responses to climate change, which is a topic of national importance.