UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY REMOTE SENSING

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UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY REMOTE SENSINGGEOGRAPHIC
INFORMATION SYSTEM LABRATORIES
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Mission Statement

• Conduct basic and applied research using GIS and
  Remote Sensing for surface mapping and spatial
  characteristics of landscapes.
• Provide students with opportunities to conduct
  basic and applied research in land surface
  processes with GIS and Remote Sensing.
• Technology transfer for state, federal private
  agencies, and individuals.
• Emphasize the reporting of research results
  through peer-reviewed publications and attendance
  at professional meetings.
• Provide support to collaborative laboratories at
  USU.

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PERSONNEL

• 20 Full time employees
• 8 Attached to specific projects
• 9 Administrative and support staff
• 3 Attached to Alaska BLM

• 7 Graduate Students
• 8 Undergraduate Technicians

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EXPERTISE

• Geographic Information Systems.
• Remote Sensing.
• Land Cover Mapping.
• Field Data Collection, Interpretation, and
  Integration.
• Landscape Level Database Development and
  Analysis.
• Landscape Level Monitoring Techniques.
• Retrospective Analysis
• Training and Technology Transfer.

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CollaboratorsFederal, State, Local, Private
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Collaborative agreement between the College of
Natural Resources, USU and the Bureau of Land
Management. Provides an applied research
environment to transfer technology from USU and
the BLM. Provides resources to support graduate
student research into problems identified by BLM
personnel A total of 30 individual task orders
in the past 5 years have either been completed or
are underway.
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National Environmental Database

• 5 year sole source contract
• Data development for approx. 35 DA and NGB
  sites
• GIS program development for data integration
• IMS support for nationwide decision support
• Technical transfer to GIS and management
  specialists

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ArcView data analysis tools allow land managers
at individual installations to analyze field data
coupled with spatial information. This allows
managers to identify landscape trends as a result
of training and/or management practices.
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Intermountain Region
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Population, Distribution, and Habitat Study
for Threatened, Endangered, and Sensitive
Plants and Animals Within Hill Air Force
Base Restricted Air Space and Associated Public
Lands
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SERDP
Contemporary and Emerging Remote
Sensing Technology for Monitoring and
Determining Carrying Capacity on Military Lands

• Collaboration between UNR, USU, UIUC, ORNL,
  CERL,
• TEC
• Retrospective study linking bi-annual historic
  Remote
• Sensing data with management prescriptions
• Evaluation of Ecotonal Variation using Emergent
  Remote
• Sensing

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NASA - Affiliated Research Center (ARC)

• Collaborative center between USUs Space
  Dynamics Laboratory,
• the RSGIS Laboratories and NASAs Space
  Commercialization
• Office
• One of 9 regionally distributed university
  based centers.
• Provide technology transfer to private
  enterprise.
• Develop new and innovative commercial
  applications.
• Conduct applied research integrating remote
  sensing
• technology and GIS.