CE 394K.3 GIS in Water Resources

University of Texas at Austin
Course Outline

Spring 1998

Lectures:

  1. Tues Jan 20: Introduction to GIS
  2. Thurs Jan 22: Exercise 1: Introduction to Arcview
  3. Tues Jan 27: Vector and raster data structures
  4. Thurs Jan 29: Exercise 2: Digital watershed delineation and HECPREPRO
  5. Tues Feb 3: Earth datums, map projections and coordinate systems
  6. Thurs Feb 5: Exercise 3: Map projections
  7. Tues Feb 10: Digital data sources for watersheds and stream networks
  8. Thurs Feb 12: Guest Lecture by Dr Glenn Moglen, University of Maryland

Project outlines due in

  1. Tues Feb 17: Digital description of the land surface
  2. Thurs  Feb 19: Exercise 4: Creating a base map of the Guadalupe watershed
  3. Tues Feb 24: Digital description of the subsurface
  4. Thurs Feb 26: Exercise 5: Statsgo soil coverages and Land Use
  5. Tues Mar 3: Review of material covered
  6. Thurs Mar 5: Midterm Quiz
  7. Tues Mar10: Nonpoint source pollutin assessment
  8. Thurs Mar 12: Exercise 6: Nonpoint source pollution assessment in the Mission Basin

Midterm Break!!

  1. Tues Mar 24: Progress Report on Term Projects
  2. Thurs Mar 26: Exercise 7. Mapping environmental data in a relational database
  3. Tues Mar 31: Progress Reports on Term Projects (Cont.)
  4. Thurs Apr 2: Triangulated Irregular Networks, Application to Groundwater, Precipitation, Orthophotos
  5. Tues Apr 7: Water quality modeling in Corpus Christi Bay, EPA Basins model (Ann Quenzer)
  6. Thurs Apr 9: Digitizing and database preparation
  7. Tues Apr 14: Niger Basin project (Francisco Olivera)
  8. Thurs Apr 16: Remote sensing (Melba Crawford)
  9. Tues Apr 21: Finite element modeling of flow in Corpus Christi Bay (Junji Matsumoto)
  10. Thurs Apr 23: Term project presentations: Surface and subsurface representation
  11. Tues Apr 28: Term project presentations: Regional hydrology
  12. Thurs Apr 30: Course evaluation, Soil Water Balance Modeling (Seann Reed)
  13. Tues May 5: Term project presentations: Wetlands and Water Quality
  14. Thurs May 7: Term project presentations: Scientific and Planning Studies

Final exam: Weds May 13, 2 PM - 5 PM

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