Course Outline
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Class Number |
Day and Date |
Subject |
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1 |
Thurs Aug 28 |
Introduction to GIS in Water Resources |
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2 |
Tues Sept 2 |
Introduction to ArcGIS |
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3 |
Thurs Sept 4 |
Exercise 1: Creating a map with ArcGIS |
|
4 |
Tues Sept 9 |
GIS data sources for water resources |
|
5 |
Thurs Sept 11 |
Geodesy, map projections and coordinate systems |
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6 |
Tues Sept 16 |
Exercise 2: Building a base map of the Guadalupe basin |
|
7 |
Thurs Sept 18 |
Spatial analysis using grids David Tarboton |
|
8 |
Tues Sept 23 |
Exercise 3: Spatial analysis in hydrology David Tarboton
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|
9 |
Thurs Sept 25 |
Terrain analysis using grids David
Tarboton
Term Project Proposals Posted on your Web Site |
|
10 |
Tues Sept 30 |
Exercise 4: TauDEM Watershed and Stream Network Delineation Exercise. David Tarboton |
|
11 |
Thurs Oct 2 |
Network analysis and Arc Hydro framework |
|
12 |
Tues Oct 7 |
Exercise 5: Working with Networks and Arc Hydro |
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13 |
Thurs Oct 9 |
New approaches to hydrologic modeling in ArcGIS |
|
14 |
Tues Oct 14 |
Review |
|
15 |
Thurs Oct 16 |
Midterm Exam |
|
16 |
Tues Oct 21 |
Integration of Geospatial and Temporal Information |
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17 |
Thurs Oct 23 |
Exercise 6: Hydrologic Modeling using Arc Hydro |
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18 |
Tues Oct 28 |
Linking Arc Hydro with water resources
models
Reports on Progress with Term Papers |
|
19 |
Thurs Oct 30 |
Linking Arc Hydro with water resources models |
|
20 |
Tues Nov 4 |
Terrain analysis using Triangulated Irregular Networks |
|
21 |
Thurs Nov 6 |
Flood plain mapping |
|
22 |
Tues Nov 11 |
LIDAR and Remote Sensing |
|
23 |
Thurs Nov 13 |
Nonpoint source pollution |
|
24 |
Tues Nov 18 |
Presentation of Term Papers |
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25 |
Thurs Nov 20 |
Presentation of Term Papers |
|
26 |
Tues Nov 25 |
Presentation of Term Papers |
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Thanksgiving!! |
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27 |
Tues Dec 2 |
Presentation of Term Papers |
|
28 |
Thurs Dec 4 |
Presentation of Term Papers Course evaluation, discussion of final exam |