Taking
the pulse of an expanding urban region:Greater
Phoenix now and what it could be in 2100
A
preproposal to the NSF-Information Technology Research Program (Information
Management and Applications):Group
proposal, <$1M/yr for 5 years.
Ramon
Arrowsmith, Department of Geological Sciences and Frederick Steiner, School
Of Planning & Landscape Architecture
AND
OTHERS
Arizona
State University
Problem
What
is the past, present, and future distribution of materials and processes
in an expanding urban region in a semi-arid setting and what are the controls
on change?
Tools
Characterization
and analysis of diverse datasets (including active data streams) gathered
over different timescales and with different resolutions.
Landuse
(and ecological?) modeling
Application
of Information Technology for data fusion, data mining, visualization,
simulation, and web-based multilevel user (student/decision maker/scientist)
inquiry
Expected
results
Virtual
atlas of spatial and temporal distribution of primary and derivative parameters
characterizing the region and model results evaluating scenarios for change.
Informed
public and decision makers.
Invaluable
high resolution, quality-controlled fully digital and archived database
and database infrastructure.
We
want to bring IT tools to bear so people can interact seamlessly with data
and models to address interdisciplinary inquiries
What
is needed:
Input,
advice, and participation
5
page preproposal written by the end of November.
What
other projects are ongoing that are similar?
Figure
out how to write this to dovetail well with the other CAP-LTER and related
projects.
Find
(a) "card-carrying" IT person(s) to join and identify and work on the IT
research challenges.