Date:    Mon, 20 Jul 1998 16:15:00 -0400
From:    Barbara Dorsey 
Subject: USGS Earth Sciences Intern, Project #000667, Lafayette, LA

U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY EARTH
SCIENCES INTERNSHIP PROGRAM

PLEASE NOTE:
Application is restricted to students who have
not been out of school for more than one year.
   Non-citizens are eligible only if they have
attended or graduated from a U.S. college or
university during the past year and have a
visa that allows them to receive a stipend.
(U.S. citizens attending foreign schools are
eligible for the program). Current or former
employees of the U.S. Geological Survey
(USGS) are not eligible.  Oak Ridge Associated
Universities (ORAU) administers internship
opportunities for USGS.  All potential
applicants should direct any questions to
ORAU rather than the USGS.  ORAU contacts
are listed on the information sheet following
the project description.

Project Description for
EARTH SCIENCES INTERN -- Lafayette,
Louisiana -- Project Number 000667

DESCRIPTION/TITLE OF PROJECT:  The
intern will participate in the compilation and
analysis of ground- and helicopter-based
field data (with limited collection), including:
canopy light attenuation measurements,
canopy reflectance spectra, photography,
descriptive data (height, species type, etc.),
etc., and relate this field data to data
collected with satellite or aircraft sensor
systems (optical to microwave).  This project
seeks to calibrate remote sensing data
(satellite or aircraft) with the field data, and
suggest appropriate sensor types and
ranges for discriminating different
landcovers and assessing their health.

DEADLINE TO APPLY: July 29, 1998

OBJECTIVES: The internship will organize
the field data into sub data sets related to
sub objectives within the overall project
objectives.  There are five main sub
objectives; (1) monitoring burn and
herbivory impact and recovery, (2)
comparison of different types of wetlands
with the optical and microwave data, (3)
detecting flooding beneath vegetation, (4)
describing phenological changes in
vegetation, and (5) selection of temporal,
spatial, and spectral resolutions for mapping
and monitoring various wetland and
adjacent upland species.

SPECIFIC TASKS:
1.    Organize all field data by project.
2.    Apply statistical analyses to field data
as required by Project Chief.
3.    Extraction of data from satellite and
aircraft images (remotely sensed data).
4.    Relate field data to remotely sensed
data.

BENEFIT:  Training in organizing and
analyzing large, complex, and disparate data
sets, (2) training in statistical analysis, (3)
training and experience in field data
collections in support of remote sensing
projects, training in image processing (2d
analysis) and geographic information
systems functions and output
methodologies, and (4) experience in
working with large (>Gigs) data bases,
sophisticated Unix workstations, remote
computer collections systems, and high
speed network systems.

DURATION: One year (Probable start date
mid-August, 1998)

LOCATION: Lafayette, Louisiana

SPECIFIC QUALIFICATIONS REQUIRED:  A
bachelor=s degree with GPA of 2.9 or above
on 4.0 scale or 30 hours of graduate credit
preferably in the physical sciences (including
geography and related fields).  Some
computer experience in entering data and/or
analyzing data sets.  Some experience in
remote sensing, geographic information
systems, field data collection methods, or
techniques of physical analysis (engineering,
geology, biology, chemistry, oceanography,
etc.).

ADDITIONAL QUALIFICATIONS DESIRABLE:
Advanced image processing (Imagine,
ERDAS, PCI, etc.), Advanced GIS (ArcInfo,
ArcView, etc.), computer programming
(Fortran, visual basic, C, C++, etc.),
experience in field data collections and
analyzing data from the field data
collections.

STIPEND: $26,265 per year
OVERTIME: Overtime is estimated for the
purpose of data gathering on board
research vessels or field work, *field party*
experiences for extended number of days,
day trips away from site requiring extended
hours in excess of 8 hours, and lab
experimentation where nature of experiment
requires continuous monitoring results in
hours excess of 8 hours.

An applicant interested in an internship
should submit the following application
materials:

Resume

Detailed description of computer skills,
particularly any skills and experience in
designing and publishing WWW pages

List course work pertaining to the project
description if applying for a specific
internship

Three reference letters sent directly from the
sources (not by the applicant) to Oak Ridge
Associated     Universities (address
specified below).  Please list these
references, with phone numbers, in your
        resume

Unofficial transcripts from all
post-secondary institutions (official
transcripts may be required at a later date)

Send all application materials to:
OVERNIGHT MAIL
Oak Ridge Associated Universities

Attention: Ernestine Friedman
200 Badger Avenue
Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37830

REGULAR MAIL
Oak Ridge Associated Universities
Attention: Ernestine Friedman
P.O. Box 117, MS 36
Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831-0117

or telefax them to:       (423) 241-5220  or
5219
For more information, please visit the
following website:
http://www.orau.gov/orise/edu/uggrad/usgs1.htmelist-archive/493/sr=1-1/002-6
(that's a number *1* after usgs, not a letter
*L*)