Define project scope

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Project team

• [x] Designate teammembers
• [x] Establish team | contractor name
• [x] Brainstorm potential project ideas
• [x] Select idea!

Define project goal(s) based on SMART parameters

• [x] Specific scope
• [x] Measurable goal
• [x] Achievable goal
• [x] Realistic given group members skills, technology available, and client budget
• [x] Timely scope

Identify potential obstacles

• [x] Skill or knowledge information
• [x] Technological limitations

Identify resources and potential data sources

• [x] conduct literature search
• [x] review Landsat data sets
• [x] research Sophora gypsophila and its habitat, range

Project data management

• [x] create Shared Google drive to store project reference materials
• [x] determine coding language and software to utilize

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Project Team and idea -

Team members: Alex V., Julia P., Wylie H., Shale H. Team name: JAWS (group member initials)

Project idea: use Landsat 8 data to detect gypsic soils in and near the Guadalupe Mountains in New Mexico and Texas.

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Project goal:

Use Landsat 8 data to identify areas of potential habitat suitability for the Guadalupe Mountain necklacepod (Sophora gypsophila).

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Obstacles:

• Team is new to using Landsat 8 data to detect soil

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Resources and Data

USGS Landsat 8 Level 2, Collection 2, Tier 1

Tiers of Landsat 8 data information

Information on Sophora gypsophila

Guadalupe Mountain necklacepod - Sophora gypsophila var. guadalupensis federally listed information

ITIS Information

Texas Native Plants Database

Digital Soil Mapping in the Absence of Field Training Data: A Case Study Using Terrain Attributes and Semiautomated Soil Signature Derivation to Distinguish Ecological Potential. Applied and Environmental Soil Science article by Browning et al.

Digitally Mapping Gypsic and Natric Soil Areas Using Landsat ETM Data. Soil Science Society of America Journal. Nield, et al

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Project Data Management

JAWS | BREN Google Drive folder

Analysis Tools

• The team decided to use python as the preferred coding language
• Analysis and visualization will be stored in a Jupyter Notebook