Digital Discover of Ephemeral Ponds

Abstract

The US Endangered Species Act requires Federal agency land owners, including military installations, to manage their lands in a manner that enhances the survival of Federally listed species. Many species become at risk due to the loss of ephemeral ponds, depressions in the landscape that occasionally become ponds after sufficient rainfall. This report developed a modeling approach using the Geographic Resources Analysis Support System Geographic Information System (GRASS GIS) software, augmented with a NetLogo-based model to add behavior to those ponds within the NetLogo spatially explicit simulation-modeling environment. This tool will allow installation land managers to quickly and accurately locate and measure ephemeral ponds to support species that rely on that environment for breeding.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 2012
Accession Number
ADA585112

Entities

People

  • James D. Westervelt

Organizations

  • Engineer Research and Development Center

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Human Systems
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Breeding
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Coordinate Systems
  • Endangered Species
  • Engineering
  • Engineers
  • Environment
  • Geographic Information Systems
  • Information Systems
  • Lidar
  • Operating Systems
  • Rain
  • Shell Scripts
  • Simulations
  • Three Dimensional
  • Two Dimensional

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Archaeological Resource Survey
  • Marine Mammal Biology
  • Team-Based Human-Centered Cognitive Task Decision Making and Information Performance.