CE 394K.3 GIS in Water Resources

Fall Semester 2005

University of Texas at Austin

Instructor: David R. Maidment

 

 

Course Videos are viewable on the website at http://www.utwired.engr.utexas.edu/maidment/ 

Course Syllabus: syllabus.htm

 

Term Project Presentations: TermProjList.htm

 

Term Project Instructions: TPInstructions.doc ����TPInstructions.htm

 

Term Paper Library: http://www.ce.utexas.edu/prof/maidment/giswr2005/docs/termpaperlibrary.htm

 

Utah State University Site: http://www.engineering.usu.edu/dtarb/giswr/2005

  

Setting up your course web site: https://webspace.utexas.edu/

 

Arc Hydro Tools version 9�� ArcHydroTools.zip

 

Final Exam: giswrfinal2005.doc�� giswrfinal2005.htm

 

 Session 1 (Thurs, 1 September): Introduction to GIS in Water Resources.Review the course curriculum, course outline.Lecture slides: lecture12005.ppt

 

Session 2 (Tues 6 September): Introduction to ArcGISLecture slides: lecture22005.ppt Reference materials: ArcGIS91.pdfSpatialAnalyst.pdfReading Assignment:Arc Hydro pp. 1-25

 

Session 3 (Thurs 8 September): Exercise 1: Mapping Hurricane KatrinaWord document: KatrinaMap.docHtml KatrinaMap.htm Data files katrina.mdb

 

Session 4 (Tues 13 September): Geodesy, map projections and coordinate systemsSlides: Mapproj.pptHandout: EarthDistance.doc EarthDistance.htm

 

Session 5 (Thurs 15 September)Exercise 2: Building a Base MapFiles: Ex22005.doc Ex22005.htm Data File: Guadalupe.zip

 

Session 6 (Tues 20 September)Spatial Analysis using Grids�� Slides: Spatial.ppt

 

Session 7 (Thurs 22 September)Exercise 3 Spatial AnalysisEx32005.docEx32005.htmData files Ex3.zip

 

Session 8 (Tues 27 September) Data Sources for GIS in Water ResourcesDataSources.htm Slides DataSources.ppt

 

Session 9 (Thurs 29 September) Hydro Networks in GIS�� Slides:HydroNetwork.ppt Solutions for Ex1 Ex1Soln.pptReading Assignment:Arc Hydro pp. 25-53, 117-139

 

Session 10 (Tues 4 October)Exercise 4 Building anArc Hydro with Time Series Geodatabase�� Ex42005.docEx42005.htmEx4.zip�� Reading Assignment: Arc Hydro pp. 141 � 166 (Chap 7 on Time Series).�� Slides on Scale, Resolution and AccuracyScale.pptOverview of Exercise 4Overview.ppt

 

Session 11 (Thurs 6 October) Watershed and stream network delineationDEMWatershedDelination.ppt

 

Session 12 (Tues 11 October)Exercise 5 Watershed and Stream Network Delineation�� Ex52005.docEx52005.htmEx52005.zipSolution dataset for up to the Adjoint Catchment partEx5part.zip

 

Session 13 (Thurs 13 October)Advanced Terrain Analysis ConceptsTerrainAnalysis.ppt�� Personal exercises: TauDEM on the Logan River LoganRiverExercise.docExercise on use of VBA in ArcGISVBAExercise.doc

 

Session 14 (Tues 18 October)Review for Midterm Quiz�� Review2005.docReview2005.htmSlides: Review2005.ppt

 

Session 15 (Thurs 20 October)Midterm Quiz

 

Session 16 (Tues 25 October) CUAHSI Hydrologic Information SystemsCUAHSIHIS.ppt ExecutiveSummary.pdf

 

Session 17 (Thurs 27 October) Bacterial TMDL model and schematic processorBacterialModel.ppt�� Journal article on schematic processor: SchematicProcessor.doc

 

Session 18 (Tues 1 November) Review of Term Project ProgressTermProjProp.htm

 

Session 19 (Thurs 3 November) Exercise 6: Bacterial Load Modeling in Copano BayBacterialModel.doc BacterialModel.htm BacterialModel.zip

Replacement files for SchemaLink and SchemaNode�� SchemaData.mdb

 

Session 20 (Tues 8 November)Groundwater and ArcSceneGroundwater.pptGroundwaterExercise.pdfGroundwaterExercise.zip

 

Session 21 (Thurs 10 November)Modeling surfaces using TIN and raster interpolation from points Surfaces.ppt GeostatExercise.htm GeostatExercise.zip

 

Session 22 (Tues 15 November) GIS for Instream Flow Assessment (Dr Thomas Hardy, Utah State University) InstreamFlow.ppt

 

Session 23 (Thurs 17 November) River channel morphology model (Dr Venkatesh Merwade)Channel.ppt

 

Session 24(Tues 22 November) Term paper presentations: Regional Issues

 

Session 25 (Tues 29 November) Term paper presentations:Water Resources

 

Session 26 (Thurs 1 December) Term paper presentations: Water Quality

 

Session 27 (Tues 6 December) Utah term paper presentations (see Sessions 25 and 26 at http://www.engineering.usu.edu/cee/faculty/dtarb/giswr/2005/ for the presentation videos and http://www.engineering.usu.edu/cee/faculty/dtarb/giswr/2005/Students.html for the powerpoint slides for each presentation)

Session 28 (Tues 13 December) Term paper presentations: Air Quality and Transportation