G I S in Water Resources
Fall Semester 2016
USU CEE6440, UT Austin CE 394K.3

ONLINE course offered jointly by the University of Texas at Austin and Utah State University

Instructors: David R. Maidment
University of Texas at Austin
http://www.caee.utexas.edu/prof/maidment
David G Tarboton
Utah State University

http://hydrology.usu.edu/dtarb

Websites:
UT Austin: http://www.caee.utexas.edu/prof/maidment/giswr2016/giswr2016.htm
USU: http://hydrology.usu.edu/dtarb/giswr/2016
USU Canvas: https://usu.instructure.com/courses/429706

Class Video Link. Live during classes and archived for later viewing
Adobe Connect Link.

Course Syllabus: GISWRSyllabus2016.pdf

USU Student Term Project Archive
USU Student Term Projects

General Information


Schedule and Lecture Material

Class

Date

Subject

Lecturer

1

Thu, Aug 25

Introduction to ArcGIS Lecture12016.pptx

Maidment

2

Tue, Aug 30

Introduction to GIS in Water Resources. Review the course curriculum, course outline Lecture22016.pptx GISWRSynopsis2.pdf

Maidment

3

Thu, Sep 1

Exercise 1: Introduction to ArcGIS Ex12016.pdf Ex1Data.zip UsingArcGISPro.pdf

Maidment

4

Tue, Sep 6

Data sources for GIS in water resources DataSources2016.pptx SynopsisDataSources.pdf DataSources.pdf

Maidment

5

Thu, Sep 8

Exercise 2: Base map for the San Marcos Basin Ex22016.docx Ex22016.pdf

Maidment

6

Tue, Sep 13

Map projections and coordinate systems MapProj.pptx

Maidment

7

Thu, Sep 15

Spatial analysis using grids. SpatialAnalysis.pptx SynopsisSpatialAnalysis.pdf Slope.pdf RasterExample.zip

Tarboton

8

Tue, Sep 20

Exercise 3: Spatial Analysis. Ex32016.pdf Ex3Data.zip Hw12016.pdf

Maidment

9

Thu, Sep 22

Digital Elevation Model Watershed and Stream Network Delineation. DemWatershedDelineation.pptx SynopsisDEMWatershedDelin.pdf LivingAtlas.pptx 1 page Term project proposal due

Tarboton

10

Tue, Sep 27

Terrain Analysis Using Digital Elevation Models (TauDEM). EnhancedTerrainAnalysis.pptx

Tarboton

11

Thu, Sep 29

Exercise 4: Watershed and Stream Network Delineation. Ex4_2016v2.pdf

Tarboton

12

Tue, Oct 4

Ex4 Continued. National Water Model NationalWaterModel.pptx

Tarboton/Maidment

13

Thu, Oct 6

Review for Midterm Exam. Review2016.pdf MidtermReview2016.pptx Past Exams

 

2012

2013

2014

2015

Exam

Midterm2012

Midterm2013

Midterm2014

Midterm2015

Solution

Solution2012

Solution2013

Solution2014

Solution2015

Maidment

14

Tue, Oct 11

Midterm Exam Midterm2016.pdf Midterm2016Solution.pdf

All

15

Thu, Oct 13

Height above Nearest Drainage (HAND) Flood Inundation mapping. HANDFloodInnundation.pptx

Tarboton

16

Tue, Oct 18

Exercise 5: Height Above Nearest Drainage Flood Inundation mapping, Ex5_2016.pdf, Data: Ex5.zip. 2 page term project status report due. Term Project Review Assignments.

Tarboton

17

Thu, Oct 20

Arc Hydro Groundwater (Dr Tim Whiteaker) AHGroundwater16.pptx [USU Fall Break, class optional for USU students]

Whiteaker

18

Tue, Oct 25

Extending ArcGIS using Programming (Python) Programming.pptx, Demo Data: MyWatershed.zip

Tarboton

19

Thu, Oct 27

Water Information Sharing and HydroShare HydroShare_GISWR_2016.pptx, Demo Data: demos.zip

Tarboton

20

Tue, Nov 1

Demography and Census Data. Demography.pptx, AccessingCensusData.pdf, TermPaperPresentations.docx

Maidment

21

Thu, Nov 3

LIDAR and flood plain mapping. LIDARMapping.pptx

Maidment

22

Tue, Nov 8

Utah Student Presentations

Tarboton

23

Thu, Nov 10

Utah Student Presentations

Tarboton

24

Tue, Nov 15

Texas Student Presentations

Maidment

25

Thu, Nov 17

Texas Student Presentations

Maidment

26

Tue, Nov 22

Texas Student Presentations

Maidment

 

Thu, Nov 24

Thanksgiving

 

27

Tue, Nov 29

Texas Student Presentations

Maidment

28

Thu, Dec 1

Texas Student Presentations

Maidment

 

Fri, Dec 2

Term project due

 

Fri, Dec 9

Take home Final Exam due. GISWRFinal2016.pdf, CanyonLake.zip.