CE 394K.3 GIS in Water Resources

Fall Semester 2002

University of Texas at Austin

Instructor: David R. Maidment

 

 

2002 Term Project Reports: http://www.ce.utexas.edu/prof/maidment/giswr2002/docs/termprojlist.htm

 

Final Exam: gisfinal2002.doc

 

Course Videos, course syllabus, course outline and student assignments are viewable on the secure course website at http://pro.engr.utexas.edu

 

Course Syllabus: syllabus.htm

 

Course Outline: outline.htm

 

Term Paper Library: http://www.ce.utexas.edu/prof/maidment/giswr2002/docs/termpaper.htm

 

Utah State University course web site: http://ceefs.cee.usu.edu/

 

Setting up your course web site: http://www.ce.utexas.edu/docs/LRC/pphowto.html

 

Session 1 (Thurs, 29 August): Introduction to GIS in Water Resources.  Review the course curriculum, course outline.  Lecture slides: lecture12002.ppt

 

Session 2 (Tues, 3 Sept): Introduction to ArcGIS.    Basic ideas about GIS, the shapefile, coverage and geodatabase data models.

Vector, network, raster, image and TIN data.   Components of ArcGIS.   Differences between ArcView and ArcInfo.

Slides: lecture22002.ppt

 

Session 3 (Thurs 5 Sept) Exercise 1: Introduction to ArcGIS  Data files for Exercise 1: Ex12002.zip

 

Session 4 (Tues, 10 Sept) Data sources for GIS in Water Resources.  Listing:   Datasources.htm  Slides: Datasources.ppt

 

Session 5 (Thurs 12 Sept) Exercise 2: Building a Basemap of the Guadalupe River  Data files for Exercise 2: Guadalupe.zip

 

Session 6 (Tues 17 Sept) Geodesy, Map Projections and Coordinate Systems Mapproj.ppt

 

Session 7 (Thurs 19 Sept) Exercise 3: Map Projections and Coordinate Systems   Data files for Exercise 3: Mapproj.zip

 

Session 8 (Tues, 24 Sept) Network modeling and the Hydro Network   Network.ppt

 

Session 9 (Thurs 26 Sept) Exercise 4: NHD, Hydro Network and the Arc Hydro Framework  Data files for Exercise 4: Ex4Data.zip

 

Session 10 (Tues 1 Oct)  DEMs, Watershed and Stream Network Delineation DEM.ppt   Here is a cool Java Applet that shows how the 8 direction pour point model works for DEM processing.  http://www.ce.utexas.edu/prof/maidment/gishydro/ferdi/webedu/utwebgrid/utwebgrid.html

 

Session 11 (Thurs 3 Oct)  TIN’s, Channels and Floodplain Mapping  Floodplain.ppt

 

Session 12 (Tues 8 Oct)  Exercise 5: DEM’s, Watershed and Stream Network Delineation  Data files for Exercise 5: Ex5Data.zip

 

Session 13 (Thurs 10 Oct) Demonstration Exercise on ArcScene   Data files for Exercise: Data.zip  Here is a cool Java Applet that shows Delauney Triangulation and the formation of Thiessen (or Voronoi) polygons: http://www.cs.cornell.edu/Info/People/chew/Delaunay.html

 

Session 14 (Tues 15 Oct)  Review for Quiz  Slides for Review Session Review.ppt

 

Session 15 (Thurs 17 Oct)  Midterm Exam

 

Session 16 (Tues 22 Oct) Time and Space  Slides: TimeSeries.ppt

 

Session 17 (Thurs 24 Oct) Exercise 6: Time Series in Arc Hydro  Data files for Exercise TimeSeries.zip

 

Session 18 (Tues 29 Oct) Geomorphological considerations in watershed and stream networks (Dr Tarboton) Geomorphology.ppt  Demonstration exercises from Dr Tarboton’s web site: http://ceefs.cee.usu.edu/dgtlectures.html

 

Session 19 (Thurs 1 Nov) Digital elevation model based hydrologic modeling (Dr Tarboton)  Demhydro.ppt

Demonstration exercises from Dr Tarboton’s web site: http://ceefs.cee.usu.edu/dgtlectures.html

 

Session 20 (Tues 5 Nov)  NSF Conference on Cyberinfrastructure in Environmental Research and Education (Oct 30-Nov 1, 2002 in Boulder CO).   Conference web site: http://www.ncar.ucar.edu/cyber/agenda.htm

 

Shortened Powerpoint Presentations:  Margaret Leinen: Cyberinfrastructure1.ppt, Dan Atkins Cyberinfrastructure2.ppt, Peter Cornillon Cyberinfrastructure3.ppt

 

Session 21 (Thurs 7 Nov) Organization of class presentations, Hydrologic Modeling using GIS: HydroModeling.ppt

2D Flood animation  3D Flood animation

 

Session 22 (Tues 12 Nov)  Demonstration exercise on Hydrologic Modeling with Arc Hydro  Data files: ExRouting.zip ExXMLWRAP.zip   Slides: GISandXML.ppt

 

Session 23 (Thurs 14 Nov) LIDAR mapping  LIDAR.ppt  Water quality modeling Corpus.ppt   Terrain Analysis for Water Resources Applications, Conference in Austin Dec 16-18, 2002

 

Session 24 (Tues 19 Nov)   Term Paper presentations on Water Quality

 

Session 25 (Tues 21 Nov)   Term Paper presentations on Water Resources

 

Session 26 (Tues 26 Nov)   Term Paper presentations on Marine and Coastal Systems

 

Session 27 (Tues 3 Dec)   Term Paper presentations on Geology and Groundwater

 

Session 28 (Thurs 5 Dec)   Term Paper presentations on Spatial Analysis