CE 397 GIS in Water Resources
University of Texas at Austin
Course Outline

Spring 1997

Part 1. Digital Representation of the Environment

Lectures:

  1. Mon Jan 13: Class cancelled due to ice storm!
  2. Weds Jan 15: Introduction to GIS
  3. Fri Jan 17: Exercise 1: Introduction to Arcview
  4. Mon Jan 20: Martin Luther King day.
  5. Weds Jan 22: Functions of Arc/Info Grid
  6. Fri Jan 24: Exercise 2: Delineation of Watersheds and Streams
  7. Mon Jan 27: Geodesy
  8. Weds Jan 29: Map Projections
    See alsoCoordinate Systems
  9. Fri Jan 31: Exercise 3 on Map Projections
  10. Mon Feb 3: Digital Data Sources
    USGS Hydrologic unit code and EPA river reach files
  11. Weds Feb 5: GIS-based environmental models
  12. Fri Feb 7: Exercise 4: Creating a base map of the Guadalupe River watershed
  13. Mon Feb 10: STATSGO soils database and soil properties Project outlines due in
  14. Weds Feb 12:A simple model of space
  15. Fri Feb 14: Exercise 5: Statsgo Soil Coverages
  16. Mon Feb 17: Triangulated Irregular Networks (TINs)
  17. Weds Feb 19: Balance - Map Based Surface Water Quality Model
  18. Fri Feb 21: Exercise 6: Spatial Hydrology of the Urubamba river system
  19. Mon Feb 24: Demonstrations of Spatial Analyst and Balance
  20. Weds Feb 26: Introduction to Avenue programming.
  21. Fri Feb 28: Concept Review
  22. Mon Mar 3: Quiz
  23. Weds Mar 5: Return and Discussion of Exam
  24. Fri Mar 7: Application of Balance to Salinity in Corpus Christi Bay
    SPRING BREAK, March 10-14
  25. Mon Mar 17: Class presentation of progress on term projects
  26. Weds Mar 19: Class presentation of progress on term projects
  27. Fri Mar 21: Exercise 7: Nonpoint Source Pollution in the Mission Basin
  28. Mon Mar 24: Representation of the hydrogeologic environment: Gulf Coast Aquifer
  29. Weds Mar 26: Groundwater flow computation in the Gulf Coast Aquifer and in Arc/Info Grid
  30. Fri Mar 28: Groundwater Transport Modeling in GIS
  31. Mon Mar 31: Spatial analysis of nitrate concentrations in groundwater in Texas
  32. Weds Apr 2: Spatial statistical analysis
  33. Fri Apr 4: Computation of risk estimates using the binomial distribution
  34. Mon Apr 6: Modeling of soil water balance
  35. Weds Apr 9: Modeling of surface water balance
  36. Fri Apr 11: Remote sensing
  37. Mon Apr 14: Remote Sensing
  38. Weds Apr 16: Color theory
  39. Fri Apr 18: Cartography
  40. Mon Apr 21: Term project Presentations
  41. Weds Apr 23: Term project presentations
  42. Fri Apr 25: Term project presentations
  43. Mon Apr 28: Term project presentations
  44. Weds Apr 30: Term project presentations
  45. Fri May 2: Course evaluation and review for the final exam

Final exam: Thurs May 8, 9 AM - 12 noon

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