Texas Gulf Coast Environment Data Center

The Texas Gulf Coast Environmental Data (TEXGED) Center is a key player in supplying researchers and decision-makers with the information they need to plan and assess environmental problems along the U.S. Gulf Coast’s southern region.

Sample Pictures of Ecological Studies in Gulf of Mexico

TEXGED Center was established in 1995 as the result of funded grant from NASA with a starter of about half million dollars through the small Satellites Initiatives SSTI Lewis of TRW and is called LEWIS SATELLITE HYPERSPECTRAL. Since then the center has participated and collaborated with JPL- NASA and used the AVIRIS sensor. Additionally the center also, used and received daily data from the AVHRR sensor as a collaborative site with NASA and NOAA.

Currently TEXGED is in the process of hiring a new director. For all inquiries, please contact Dr. Sheena Reeves at smreeves@pvamu.edu or 936-261-9413