Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit, Southern Appalachian Mountains CESU

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	Federal Grant Title:	Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit, Southern Appalachian Mountains CESU
	CFDA Number:	15.808
	CFDA Description:	U.S. Geological Survey_ Research and Data Collection
	Federal Agency Name:	Geological Survey
	Category of Funding Activity:	Science and Technology
	Category Explanation:	Information not provided
	Opportunity Category:	Discretionary
	Funding Opportunity Number:	11HQPA0009
	Document Type:	Grants Notice
	Funding Instrument Type:	Cooperative Agreement
	Posted Date:	Sep 22, 2010
	Creation Date:	Sep 22, 2010
	Original Closing Date for Applications:	Oct 07, 2010
	Current Closing Date for Applications:	Oct 07, 2010
	Archive Date:	Nov 06, 2010
	Expected Number of Awards:	1
	Estimated Total Program Funding:	$50,000
	Federal Grant Award Ceiling:	$0
	Federal Grant Award Floor:	$0
	Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement:	No

Applicants Eligible for this Grant: Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)
Additional Information on Eligibility: This financial assistance opportunity is being issued under a Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit (CESU) Program. CESU's are partnerships that provide research, technical assistance, and education. Eligible recipients must be a participating partner of the Southern Appalachian Mountains Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit (CESU) Program.
Grant Description: The USGS is offering a funding opportunity to a CESU partner for a research project which involves updating ATLSS SESI models in response to the projected completion of the new SFWMD model for hydrology across South Florida, the Regional Simulation Model (RSM). As time and resources permit, ATLSS SESI models need to be modified to incorporate recent information while being made compatible with RSM by updating the SESI models to utilize ATLSS Landscape Classes v3. This would allow ATLSS SESI models to utilize the variable spatial mesh output of the RSM. The objectives of the proposed study are as follows: - Update ATLSS models and procedures in response to the anticipated release of RSM. - Evaluate alternative formulations of the ATLSS SESI models in recoding them to utilize - ATLSS Landscape Classes v3. The proposed project has several components. The following list provides a summary of activities. These goals will be carried out collaboratively by the recipient, under the guidance of the Principal Investigator. This project will extend previous efforts toward making ATLSS models flexible with regard to the cell size/shape and format of hydrologic inputs in the following goals: Goal 1. Incorporate the types of changes made in the Deer SESI into at least two other ATLSS SESI models, allowing them to be run with Landscape Classes v3 (while maintaining backward compatability with Landscape Classes v2). Goal 2. Add appropriate functionality required by specific SESI models currently lacking in v3 Landscape Classes, including necessary links to the neighborhood region procedures implemented in Landscape v3. Goal 3. Concurrent with SESI modifications to adapt the models to v3 Landscape Classes in Tasks 1 and 2, update and expand internal model documentation.
Link to Full Grant Announcement: Information not provided
Grant Announcement Contact: FAITH GRAVES Contract Specialist Phone 703-648-7356

Contract Specialist [fgraves@usgs.gov]
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