James Reserve Facilities Improvements

记录环境变化和自然资源的枯竭需要在各种设施和生态系统之间建立网络，其中许多设施和生态系统是偏远的，以建立国家研究和培训基础设施。能源可靠性对这一基础设施至关重要。詹姆斯·圣哈辛托山脉保护区是加州大学自然保护区系统(http://www.jamesreserve.edu/)，)中紧密相连的39个保护区之一，其地理位置不允许使用常规电力。然而，詹姆斯储备致力于提高国家支持基础研究的能力，并与不同群体的教师、学生、工作人员和公众共享资源。来自太阳能的电力为詹姆斯保护区的典型日常运营提供燃料。申请的资金将增加电池库，以最大限度地储存从现有太阳能电池板收集的太阳能，这将增加储备库的可及性。除了加强研究外，权力的增加还将促进学生班级的更多访问。许多学生游客来自南加州不同的城市、代表性和服务不足的人群，他们从未亲眼目睹过冬季的积雪。了解积雪和干旱之间的联系对科学家和公民来说都是至关重要的。为气象站安装光伏电池和单独的电力系统将提高其可靠性，特别是在目前容易发生电力故障的冬季月份。这将改善气象数据的可用性。增加太阳能存储将允许全年使用。其他微小的改进将稳定科学设备和通信的电力，以增加研究潜力和改善安全性。加强詹姆斯保护区的基础设施将使纵向项目得以确立，并提高未来研究计划的能力。詹姆斯研究所的大多数新研究项目都集中在环境条件变化的影响上。接触詹姆斯号对于支持在冬季收集数据的新的主要调查人员来说至关重要，冬季是加州获得大部分降水的季节。詹姆斯保护区对于许多项目来说是一个特别重要的野外站点，因为它是位于南加州圣哈辛托山脉的唯一野外站点，这是一个具有重要生态意义的地区。圣哈辛托山脉是一个被沙漠包围的相对潮湿的天空岛屿；它们代表了半岛山脉独特的北部和内陆地区。詹姆斯保护区及其周边地区是进一步研究的关键，因为它的基线非生物和生物数据可以追溯到1900年初的S。

Documentation of environmental changes and depletion of natural resources requires networking across a diversity of facilities and ecosystems, many of them remote, to create a national infrastructure for research and training. Energy reliability is crucial to this infrastructure. The James San Jacinto Mountains Reserve is one of 39 closely connected reserves in the University of California Natural Reserve system (http://www.jamesreserve.edu/), and its location precludes use of conventional power. Nevertheless the James Reserve is committed to advancing the nation's capacity to support basic research and to sharing its resources with a diverse group of faculty, students, staff and the public. Power from solar energy fuels typical daily operations at the James Reserve. Requested funds will increase the battery bank to maximize the storage of solar energy that is harvested from existing solar panels, which will increase accessibility of the reserve. In addition to enhancing research, increased power will facilitate extended visits from classes of students. Many student visitors are from a diversity of urban, underrepresented and underserved populations in Southern California who have never had a firsthand look at winter snowpack. Understanding the connection between snowpack and drought is fundamental for scientists and citizens alike. Installation of photovoltaic batteries and a separate power system for the weather station will improve its reliability, particularly in winter months when it is currently prone to power failure. This will improve availability of meteorological data. Increasing solar power storage will permit year-round access. Other minor improvements will stabilize power to scientific equipment and communications to increase research potential and improve safety. Strengthening the infrastructure at the James Reserve will enable longitudinal projects to become established as well as advance the capacity for future research programs. The majority of new research programs at the James are focused on the effects of shifting environmental conditions. Access to the James is crucial to support a new cohort of principal investigators who collect data during winter months, the season during which California receives most of its precipitation. The James Reserve is a particularly important field site for many projects because it is the only field station located in the San Jacinto Mountains of Southern California, an ecologically important area. The San Jacinto Mountains are a relatively humid sky island surrounded by desert; they represent a unique northern and inland region of the Peninsular Mountain Ranges. The James Reserve and surrounding region are vital for further research because of its baseline abiotic and biotic data that extend back to the early 1900's.