Ahh…winter is deeply upon us. It’s cold, but the precip has been kind of lacking. No qualms here, in terms of hanging out in town. I have gotten to go running, biking and hiking while staying dry…well if you don’t count the fog and that it’s so cold I don’t sweat much. Speaking of riding bikes in town, winter is a pain in the ass because of the excess road debris from snow removal. All that sand on the shoulder of the roads hides all the glass that shreds your tires, get out there and clean it up county/city.
In terms of work, my class schedule restricts some snow sampling, but it looks like I can get at least one day a week out in the snow...possibly more. It’s been a while since I have picked up a snow tube or a calculator, let alone my snow shoes. On February 11, the PC NASA snow crew along with our think tank of smart guys at Batelle in Richland, WA will be presenting the Dungeness River Management Team with the working watershed model ,(wahoo!!!!) details yet to be discussed.
After talking more with Dwight about researchers’ needs and data resolution, we have decided upon a good scale to use when converting all of the Elwha GIS data into KML files. These files will be posted to the web for researchers to use and quickly examine spatial data. The format will be viewable in Google Earth, so those without expensive software can still see what is out there. On that note, I am using a GIS textbook as pleasure reading, it’s pretty enthralling: Remote Sensing for GIS Managers
Other research work right now is dropping road block after road block on the wildfire GIS hazard assessment. Dwight found an interesting article that might turn a block into a ramp (hopefully we won’t use it like Dukes of Hazzard and wind up in a worse situation). But I have that to go over as well as a BLM article that might give some other insights as to how to refine the study.
Main thing is I need to get off my ass and do some of this stuff.
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