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Creating a GIS-Based Decision-Support SystemTilting the Balance: Climate Variability and Water Resource Management in the Southwest, a regional conference hosted by the Pan American Center for Environmental Studies, will be held at The University of Texas at El Paso on March 2-4, 1998. The conference is supported through the US Global Change Research Program (USGCRP) established by the President in 1989, and codified by Congress in the Global Change Research Act of 1990. The NASA Mission to Planet Earth program is one of the workshops sponsors. The purpose of the regional workshops is to improve understanding of the consequences of global change. This workshop will be focused on issues along the border and the Rio Grande River and thus will bring together stakeholders from Mexico, California, Texas, New Mexico, Arizona and Colorado representing federal, state, and local governments; universities and laboratories; industry, agricultural and natural resource managers; and non-governmental organizations. This paper discusses the efforts of the NASA PACES center create a GIS-based decision-support system that can be used to facilitate discussion of the complex issues of resource management within the targeted international region.
Document ID
20000032205
Acquisition Source
Headquarters
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Alvarado, Lori
(Texas Univ. El Paso, TX United States)
Gates, Ann Q.
(Texas Univ. El Paso, TX United States)
Gray, Bob
(Texas Univ. El Paso, TX United States)
Reyes, Raul
(Texas Univ. El Paso, TX United States)
Date Acquired
August 19, 2013
Publication Date
February 22, 1998
Publication Information
Publication: NASA University Research Centers Technical Advances in Aeronautics, Space Sciences and Technology, Earth Systems Sciences, Global Hydrology, and Education
Volume: 2 and 3
Subject Category
Environment Pollution
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: NCCW-89
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.
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