CEE6440 G I S in Water Resources
Fall Semester 2012

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

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

http://www.engineering.usu.edu/dtarb
Ayse Kilic
University of Nebraska

http://www.engineering.unl.edu/academicunits/civil/faculty/irmak.shtml
Websites: http://www.caee.utexas.edu/prof/maidment/giswr2012/giswr2012.htm http://www.engineering.usu.edu/dtarb/giswr/2012 http://snr.unl.edu/airmak/giswr/2012/

Lectures: Tuesday, Thursday, 11:30-1 PM, ENGR 401
Lab: Friday, 11.30-12.30 PM, ENGR 305
Office Hours: Tuesday, Thursday, 1-2 PM, ENGR 232

Class Video Link. Live during classes: Tu, Th 11.30 - 12.45 and archived for later viewing
Adobe Connect Link.

Course Syllabus: Syllabus2012.pdf

USU Student Term Project Archive

Deadlines

Due date
Assignment
9/13/12 Exercise 1. Introduction to ArcGIS. Ex12012.docx Ex12012.pdf Ex1Data.zip
9/20/12 Exercise 2. Building a base map. Ex22012.docx Ex22012.htm Ex22012.pdf
9/27/12 Homework 1. Map Projections, distances and slopes. Hmwk1.pdf
10/4/12 Exercise 3. Spatial Analysis. Ex32012.pdf Ex3Data.zip
10/4/12 Term project proposals due - posted on your web site. Proposal.pdf
10/9/12 Homework 2. Watershed delineation by hand. Hmwk2.pdf.
10/11/12 Exercise 4. Watershed and stream network delineation. Ex42012.pdf Ex4Data.zip
11/6/12 Exercise 5: Use of Remote Sensing Data in ArcGIS. Updated: Ex52012.pdf. Data: Ex5.zip
10/30/12 Term project status report due - posted on your web site. Report.pdf
11/8/12 Term project progress review assignment. TermProjectReview.pdf
12/7/12 Complete term project due - posted on your web site. Termproject.pdf
12/14/12 Take Home Final Exam due.

General Information


Lecture Material

Class Day and Date Subject Lecturer
0 Tue, Aug 28 USU Introduction. Lecture0.pptx Tarboton
1 Thu, Aug 30 Introduction to GIS in Water Resources. Lecture12012.pptx GISWRSynopsis1.pdf Maidment
2 Tue, Sep 4 Introduction to ArcGIS. Lecture22012.pptx GISWRSynopsis2.pdf Videos: http://www.esri.com/events/user-conference/agenda/plenary-videos.html Maidment
3 Thu, Sep 6 Exercise 1: Introduction to ArcGIS. Ex12012.docx Ex12012.pdf Ex1Data.zip Ex1Soln.pdf GISWRSynopsis3.pdf Maidment
4 Tue, Sep 11 Data sources for GIS in water resources. Synopsis.pdf DataSources2012.pptx DownloadingLandsatMODISSatelliteImagery.pptx DataSources2012.pdf Kilic
5 Thu, Sep 13 Exercise 2: Building a base map. Ex22012.docx Ex22012.htm Ex22012.pdf. GISWRSynopsis5.pdf Maidment
6 Tue, Sep 18 Geodesy, map projections and coordinate systems. MapProj.pptx GISWRSynopsis6.pdf Extra slides on GPS from Dr Kilic: GPS.pptx Maidment
7 Thu, Sep 20 Spatial analysis using grids. GISWRSynopsis7.pdf, SpatialAnalysis.pptx, Slope.pdf, Hmwk1.pdf, RasterCalcExamples.zip Tarboton
8 Tue, Sep 25 Exercise 3: Spatial analysis in hydrology. Ex32012.pdf Ex3Data.zip GISWRSynopsis8.pdf Maidment
9 Thu, Sep 27 Digital Elevation Based Watershed and Stream Network Delineation. DemWatershedDelineation.pptx GISWRSynopsis9.pdf Tarboton
10 Tue, Oct 2 Exercise 4: Watershed and Stream Network Delineation. Ex42012.pdf Ex4Data.zip Hmwk2.pdf Ex4KeyConcepts.pptx GISWRSynopsis10.pdf Maidment
11 Thu, Oct 4 Imagery and Remote Sensing. GISWR_Synopsis11.pdf Intro-RemoteSensing.pptx Term project proposals due - posted on your web site Kilic
12 Tue, Oct 9 Exercise 5: Use of Remote Sensing data in ArcGIS. Ex52012.pdf Data: Ex5.zip Information on ASCE Penman-Monteith equation ascestzdetmain2005.pdf Kilic
13 Thu, Oct 11 Review: Review2012.pdf, Review2012.pptx Maidment
14 Tue, Oct 16 Midterm Exam. Midterm2012_Solution.pdf All
15 Thu, Oct 18 Arc Hydro Groundwater, AHGroundwater.pptx, GISWRSynopsis15.pdf [USU Fall Break, class optional for USU students] Maidment
16 Tue, Oct 23 Arc Hydro Groundwater Applications GISWRSynopsis16.pdf Jones.pptx Norm Jones (BYU)
17 Thu, Oct 25 GIS and Floodplain Mapping FloodElevation.pptx FloodmapSenate.pdf Maidment
18 Tue, Oct 30 Revisit of Exercise 5: Estimating Evapotranspiration using Landsat and ArcGIS Ex52012.pdf Ex5.zip SandyFlood.pptx WesternStatesETWorkshops.ppt Term project progress report due - posted on your web site. Term project review assignment. Maidment
19 Thu, Nov 1 GIS and Hydrologic Modeling. HydrologicModeling.pptx. Maidment
20 Tue, Nov 6 Extending ArcGIS using programming. Programming.pptx. Python Script used in demo: spaceTime.py Tarboton
21 Thu, Nov 8 Hydrologic Information Systems. CUAHSI_HIS.pptx. GISWRSynopsis21.pdf Tarboton
22 Tue, Nov 13 Global Water Information System CHyMaidment.pptx TermPaperPresentations.pdf CHyStoryBoard SteveJobsPresentations Hitchhiker's Guide to Presentations NWIS Snapshot Maidment
23 Thu, Nov 15 LIDAR data in water resource applications (Dr Paola Passalacqua) LIDARPassalacqua.pptx LIDARPassalacqua.pdf Passalacqua
24 Tue, Nov 20 Presentation of Term Papers Students
  Thu, Nov 22 Thanksgiving!!  
25 Tue, Nov 27 Presentation of Term Papers. First session at USU. Presentation Grading Rubric. Students
26 Thu, Nov 29 Presentation of Term Papers. Second session at USU. Presentation Grading Rubric Students
27 Tue, Dec 4 Presentation of Term Papers. Students
28 Thu, Dec 6 Presentation of Term Papers, Course evaluation. Take Home Final Exam. GISWRFinalExamUSU2012.pdf PRISMData.zip Students