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GIS and GPS Applications in Support of Global Learning and Observations to Benefit the Environment (GLOBE) Program Implementation in Middle TennesseeDavid A. Padgett and Bintou NjieDepartment of History, Geography and Political ScienceTennessee State UniversityNashville, Tennessee dpadgett@tnstate.edu
Radnor Lake Water Quality Assessment Study Bintou Njie Tennessee State University
THE HISTORY OF RADNOR LAKE • The Louisville and Nashville Railroad Company impounded Radnor Lake in 1914. • In 1923 the Tennessee Ornithological Society proposed that the area become a sanctuary for wild life. • In 1962 the area was preserved as a park. • In1973 Radnor Lake was purchased by the Tennessee Department of Conservation.
GLOBE LANDCOVER PROTOCOL SKILLS Locating a field plot (Land Cover Sample) Using GPS Using field instrumentation (compass, tubular densiometer, clinometer)
GLOBE GPS PROTOCOL SKILLS Reading Maps Using the GPS Receiver Using Latitude and Longitude in Mapping
GLOBEHYDROLOGY PROTOCOL Weekly Measurements Transparency, Water Temperature Dissolved Oxygen, pH Electrical Conductivity, Salinity Alkalinity, Nitrate
GLOBE IMPLEMENTATION PLAN OCTOBER 2001: GLOBE TRAINER CERTIFICATION NOVEMBER 2001: MEET WITH GLOBE AND MTSU REPRESENTATIVE JANUARY-MARCH 2002: PURCHASE GLOBE MATERIALS AND TOOLS APRIL-MAY 2002: BEGIN GLOBE TRAINING AT TSU