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Research Project: CONSERVATION EFFECTS ASSESSMENT PROJECT

Location: University Park, Pennsylvania

Project Number: 1902-21000-007-01
Project Type: Reimbursable

Start Date: Jun 12, 2007
End Date: Sep 30, 2009

Objective:
Principal focus of the CEAP effort is to produce a national assessment of environmental benefits of conservation programs to support policy decision and program implementation.

Approach:
Utilize Landsat imagery and on-farm sampling to calibrate a multispectral vegetation index for pasture systems, and use that index to examine seasonal and spatial biomass patterns and their relationship to conservation and management practices.

   

 
Project Team
Goslee, Sarah
 
Project Annual Reports
  FY 2008
  FY 2007
 
Related National Programs
  Rangeland, Pasture, and Forages (215)
  Bioenergy & Energy Alternatives (307)
 
 
Last Modified: 11/07/2008
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