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The Geospatial
Technology Program is actively involved in collaborative research activities
that are exploring ways to use GIS, imagery processing, GPS, high-resolution imagery and related
geospatial technologies in new and creative ways to better manage and understand
natural resource systems. To learn more about specific research projects, visit
the links below.
Development of a Geospatial Database to Support Water Planning in Connecticut
The Connecticut Institute of Water Resources is funding the development of a comprehensive statewide digital geospatial database that will be used to support water allocation planning and analysis. GTP program staff are assisting in database design and in the collection of water resources data, water withdrawal and diversion data, water quality and related datasets. To learn more about this work, click here.
Characterizing Land Type Associations for Connecticut and Rhode Island
The USDA Forest Service is funding the development of a geographic reference framework for the characterization of Land Type Associations for Connecticut and Rhode Island. Land Type Associations (LTAs) are a unit of the National Hierarchical Framework of Ecological Units, a hierarchy based on the concepts and terminology developed by numerous scientists and resource managers. The purpose of deriving these landscape units is to identify ecologically meaningful land units to better frame decisions regarding ecosystem research, sustainability, management, and policies. To learn more about this project, click here.
Phragmites
australis - Threats to Tidal
Marshes of the Lower Connecticut River
Tidal marshes
in the lower Connecticut River significantly have been altered in the
last few decades from the rapid expansion of Phragmites australis,
a highly aggressive invasive reed. Through collaboration with a number
of academic, state, municipal and nonprofit organizations, we are
investigating the use of high-resolution multi-spectral imagery and LiDAR to detect
the presence of P. australis and to monitor the efficacy of eradication
programs. Click here to learn more about this research.
Tracking
Changes to Agriculture Land in the Lower Connecticut River Valley
This is a collaborative project between Wesleyan University and the
University of Connecticut. This research focuses on how agriculture lands
changed from 1970 to 2004 in the Midstate and Connecticut
River Estuary Regional Planning Areas. Funding support for the project has been provided
by the Middlesex County Community Foundation, Wesleyan University, the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources,
UConn and the Middlesex County Extension Council. For project results, click here.
Coastal
Erosion Research at Griswold Point, Old Lyme
Griswold Point was a sand spit at the mouth of the Connecticut
River that measured 1.5 kilometers in length in 1992. In the winter of
1992/1993, it was breached and has since been eroded to less than a third
of its previous length. A GTP fellowship supported research
conducted by Tracy Krueger (Wesleyan University, Department
of Earth and Environmental Science) as part of her Masters Degree
Program. Tracy usedg high-precision ground surveying, aerial photography
and multi-spectral remote sensing to investigate coastal erosion processes
at Griswold Point. Click
here to learn more about this research.
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