Upper Midwest RESAC
Organization

Two proposals were submitted to the NASA Regional Earth Science Applications Center Program:

just a bullet Midwest Center for Natural Resource Management
       • University of Wisconsin

just a bullet Upper Great Lakes Regional Earth Science Applications Center
       • University of Minnesota, Michigan State University & University of Wisconsin
Both proposals were favorably reviewed and selected by NASA with the understanding that they be merged into one Upper Midwest RESAC. In addition to being in the same geographic region, the proposals were complementary: one emphasized modeling, the other monitoring, and both included agriculture, forestry, and water resources.

The goal of the Midwest Center project is to develop integrated, science-based resource management models that have economic and environmental ramifications.

The goal of the Upper Great Lakes project is to develop remote sensing and geospatial analysis tools, Internet delivery, and technology transfer methods for incorporating EOS-era remote sensing into resource management.

Through the integrated RESAC, both projects are providing natural resource managers with prototype models and products derived from EOS and other remote sensing data, as well as conducting workshops and training to disseminate and transfer information and capability to the user agencies and cooperating partners in the proposals.
Project Contacts

Midwest Center for Natural Resource Management

George Diak, principal investigator
Christine Molling, project manager
Space Science and Engineering Center
University of Wisconsin
1225 W. Dayton Street
Madison, WI 53706
Phone: 608-263-5862

Upper Great Lakes RESAC

Marvin Bauer, principal investigator
Kali Sawaya, project manager
Department of Forest Resources
University of Minnesota
1530 N. Cleveland Avenue
St. Paul, MN 55108
Phone: 612-624-3703

David L. Skole, co-investigator
Sam Batzli, project manager
Basic Science and Remote Sensing Initiative
Department of Geography
Michigan State University
1405 S. Harrison Road
East Lansing, MI 48823-5243
Phone: 517-432-7774

Thomas M. Lillesand, co-investigator
Robert Goldmann, project manager
Environmental Remote Sensing Center
Institute for Environmental Studies
University of Wisconsin
1225 W. Dayton Street
Madison, WI 53706
Phone: 608-263-3251
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