Integrating remote sensing and GIS data for the Natural Systems Boundary (NSB) model
- Florida Marine Research Institute, St. Petersburg, FL (United States)
Significant alterations in hydrology, water quality, and land use have put the entire south Florida ecosystem on the brink of collapse. Considerable federal, state, and local efforts have focused on this region to develop and implement management options for environmental and economic restoration and sustainability. The Governor`s Commission for a Sustainable South Florida was created to represent a broad array of interests in the region and is charged with setting the state is vision, direction, and management options for an environmentally and economically sustainable south Florida ecosystem. The Commission`s Science Research Advisory Committee (SRAC) was given the responsibility of delineating and evaluating alternative natural system boundaries. To meet the Commission`s recommendations, the SRAC empowered the Florida Marine Research Institute (FMR1) to develop a GIS-based modeling application. The resulting ARCVIEW application allows managers and scientists to delineate alternative Natural Systems Boundaries (NSBs) by varying the selection and weight (relative importance) of management criteria such as hydrology, habitat, wildlife, and water quality. Repetitive model runs with modifications to the user-defined inputs afford managers the opportunity to better understand the complexity of the data and their relationship to management objectives.
- OSTI ID:
- 478114
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-970319-; TRN: 97:002802-0007
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: 4. thematic international conference on remote sensing for marine and coastal environments: technology and applications, Orlando, FL (United States), 17-19 Mar 1997; Other Information: PBD: 1997; Related Information: Is Part Of Proceedings of the fourth international conference on remote sensing for marine and coastal environments. Technology and applications: Volume I; PB: 741 p.
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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