Contact Person:
Richard Wright
Address:Department of Geography
, San Diego State University, San Diego CA 92182
Telephone Number/Fax Number: (voice) 619-594-5466 (fax) 619-594-4938
E-mail/Web Page Address: wright@typhoon.sdsu.edu
Purpose/Interests of Organization:
CESAR applies geographic information systems (GIS) and remote sensing to applied geographic research.
Authority for Organization if part of a governmental process (Federal, State or Local regulation).
University research center working on applied research in partnership with federal, state, and local governments
Please list the Top Five Watershed Issues that you would like to see resolved.
1. Water quality
2. Degraded riparian habitat
3. Urban encroachment in flood plain
4. Improved management
5. Integration of ecological, social, and economic factors
Please list contributions that your organization could make to the Watershed program,
challenges you are facing, lessons learned, remaining questions, special accomplishments.
Our organization has substantial GIS/remote sensing expertise and experience particularly with respect to watershed analysis. We also have experts in climatology and hydrologic modeling. One of our major projects is the Tijuana River watershed which has just been designated by VP Gore as a National Community Demonstration Project.
Do you have display materials you could make available at meetings?
Yes - Tijuana River Watershed poster