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Prototyping a Rangeland Decision Support System

Award Information
Agency: National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Branch: N/A
Contract: NNS06AA10C
Agency Tracking Number: 040582
Amount: $50,000.00
Phase: Phase II
Program: SBIR
Solicitation Topic Code: E4.01
Solicitation Number: N/A
Timeline
Solicitation Year: 2004
Award Year: 2006
Award Start Date (Proposal Award Date): 2006-02-21
Award End Date (Contract End Date): 2008-02-20
Small Business Information
87 Packers Falls Road
Durham, NH 03824-2808
United States
DUNS: 091440904
HUBZone Owned: No
Woman Owned: No
Socially and Economically Disadvantaged: No
Principal Investigator
 William Salas
 Principal Investigator
 (603) 292-5747
 wsalas@agsemail.com
Business Contact
 William Salas
Title: Business Official
Phone: (603) 292-5747
Email: wsalas@agsemail.com
Research Institution
N/A
Abstract

This proposal is submitted under the Innovative Tools and Techniques Supporting the Practical Uses of Earth Science Observations topic. We seek to create a prototype rangeland decision support system that links remote sensing based rangeland products, a soil biogeochemical model and web-based tools for data mining, data management and product visualization. The resulting decision support system will be unique and innovative by not only providing operational remote sensing observations of rangeland condition, but also web-based tools that utilize these observations to provide critical information on soil fertility/productivity, greenhouse gas emissions, and potential erosion and sedimentation. Our Rangeland Decision Support System (RDSS) will build off of existing RANGES and DNDC tools. Landsat and MODIS prototype processing algorithms for rangeland condition (height, forage production, fractional cover) have been developed under the previous RANGES project and Phase I. The result of this Phase II project will be a series of web data management tools and a prototype RDSS for Walnut Gulch Experimental Watershed and Santa Rita Experimental Range regions in Arizona.

* Information listed above is at the time of submission. *

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