Research Grants
GIS Assitance Grant Program
Research Projects with Websites
AZSITE: Arizona's Cultural Resource Inventory (Mapserver) Determination of dynamic vegetation-soil-organic carbon interactions with MODIS instrument observations GIS/Remote Sensing for Anthropology/Archaeology HyDIS Inter-Sensor Calibration of Vegetation Indices for Monitoring and Continuity Studies Investigation of Cooperative GLI - MODIS activities for Algorithm Development for Enhanced Global Terrestrial Science Joint Mongolian-Russian-American Archaeological Expeditions Plant Disease Epidemiology and Management RangeView Remote Sensing Tools for Monitoring and Managing A Sensitive, Arid-Zone Riparian Corridor: the Lower Colorado River and Delta in the United States and Mexico The SAGE Project SAGUARO Santa Rita Experimental Range Southwest Agave Project Use of Airborne Remote Sensing for Uncertainty Assessments in Regional Extrapolations of Ground LBA Ecology Measurements with MODIS Data Use of GIS in Analyzing Environmental Cancer Risks as a Function of Geographic Scale WALTER: A Model for Wildfire Alternatives

Research Projects Without Websites

Project Title	PIs	Project Goals	GIS Deliverables	Funding Agency
AZ GAP Vegetation Project	NBII Arizona Project
Fire-Climate-Society Interactions in the Southwest	Dr. Barbara Morehouse	Develop integrated model of urban and climate forcing on fire and ecosystem sustainability.
GIS Database Development for NBVC Pt. Mugu Natural Resources	Barabara Ball	Develop and maintain a GIS database to assist Natural Resource managers at Pt. Mugu to protect their wetlands and special status species.	GIS coverages, aerial photography, spreadsheet and database infrmation, metadata, graphics.	U.S. Navy
GIS Development for Fort Huachuca	Dr. Phil Guertin & Dr. Steve Yool	Develop GIS databases to assist Fort Huachuca in meeting environmental compliance directives.
The Influence of Pixel Scale and Surface Cover on the Relationship Between Near Surface Soil Moisture and Passive Microwave Emission	Prof. W.J. Shuttleworth & Eleanor Burke	To facilitate the use of microwave measurements of surface soil moisture in hydrology		NASA
Madrean Fire Ecology	Dr. Steve Yool	Use remote sensing to determine spatial variability in post-fire regeneration.
Monitoring and prediction of water distribution/availability in semi-arid regions	Soroosh Sorooshian & Prof. W.J. Shuttleworth & others	Improved monitoring and prediction of water resources in semi-arid regions using remotely sensed data.		NASA
NASA Southwest Regional Earth Sciences Applications Center	Dr. Roger Bales	Development remote sensing techniques to map snow-covered area and water yields in the arid Southwest.
The University of Arizona GIS Minor Websource	Dr. Steve Yool	Develop Interactive Learning Modules for students enrolled in the undergraduate GIS minor.