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Research Projects

Develop Statewide Regression Equations for Flood Peak Estimation

Funding Agency:  Texas Department of Transportation

Project Dates: 10/12/2006 - 08/31/2007


An Integrated Approach to Water Conservation for Agriculture in the Texas High Plains

Funding Agency:  Texas Water Development Board, Texas Alliance for Water Conservation

Project Dates:  9/22/2004 - 12/31/2008    Google Earth Visualization


Analysis of Agricultural Irrigation on the High Plains of West Texas

Funding Agency:  U.S. Geological Survey / TexasView Remote Sensing Consortium / Stephen F. Austin State University

Project Dates:  07/01/2007 - 11/30/2007


Automation of Mineral Lease Maps

Funding Agency:  University of Texas - University Lands - West Texas Operations

Project Dates:  12/15/2006 - 08/31/2007


Enhanced Mineral Leases Geographic Information Systems for University Lands

Funding Agency:  University of Texas - University Lands - West Texas Operations

Project Dates:  09/01/2006 - 10/31/2006


Ogallala Aquifer Initiative: New Water Management to Sustain Rural Economies - FY06

Funding Agency:  U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Ogallala Aquifer Initiative

Project Dates:  09/01/2006 - 08/31/2011


Portraits of Rural West Texas: Year 2

Funding Agency: TTU Health Sciences Center, Office of Rural and Community Health, National Institutes of Health EXPORT

Project Dates:  01/01/2007 - 7/31/2007


Quality Assurance for Critical Infrastructure Mapping

Funding Agency:  EPA / Texas Commission on Environmental Quality / Stephen F. Austin State University

Project Dates: 06/01/2007 - 07/15/2007


Reprojection of Aerial Photos and Geologic Maps

Funding Agency:  University of Texas - University Lands - West Texas Operations

Project Dates: 06/01/2007 - 07/15/2007


Development of a Playa Lakes Database

 Funding Agency:  U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, National Wetlands Inventory


Ogallala Aquifer Program: Hydrology and Climatology

Funding Agency:   U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service

Google Earth Visualization


Development of a Mineral Lease Enterprise Geographic Information System

Funding Agency:   University of Texas - University Lands - West Texas Operations

Google Earth Visualization


Analysis of Grazing Leases

Funding Agency:   University of Texas - University Lands - West Texas Operations


Image Resizing for Cartography Display

Funding Agency:  Texas Tech University, Interdisciplinary/Multidisciplinary Seed Grant


Water Level Data and Collection and Analysis

Funding Agency:  High Plains Underground Water Conservation District, No 1.


West Texas Atlas of Rural and Community Health

Funding Agency:  Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Office of Rural and Community Health


GIS Database and Applications for Well Permit Automation

Funding Agency:  High Plains Underground Water Conservation District, No 1.


Develop a Report Format in GIS for the Monthly Status Report on Construction Projects

Funding Agency:  Texas Department of Transportation, Odessa District