ONLINE course offered jointly by the University of Texas at Austin, Utah State University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
| Instructors: | David R. Maidment University of Texas at Austin http://www.caee.utexas.edu/prof/maidment |
David G Tarboton On Sabbatical Leave at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill http://hydrology.usu.edu/dtarb |
Tony Castronova Utah State University |
Websites:
UT Austin: http://www.caee.utexas.edu/prof/maidment/giswr2014/giswr2014.htm
UNC and USU: http://hydrology.usu.edu/dtarb/giswr/2014
USU Canvas: https://usu.instructure.com/courses/347407
UNC Sakai: https://sakai.unc.edu/portal/site/gis_water_resources_2014
Class Video Link. Live during classes and archived for later viewing
Adobe Connect Link.
Course Syllabus: Syllabus2014.pdf
USU and UNC Student Term Project Archive
General Information
| Class | Day and Date | Subject | Lecturer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thu, Aug 28 | Introduction to GIS in Water Resources Lecture12014.pptx GISWRSynopsis1.pdf
Reading: http://resources.arcgis.com/en/help/main/10.2/#/What_are_map_projections/003r00000001000000/ |
Maidment |
| 2 | Tue, Sep 2 | Introduction to ArcGIS. Lecture22014.pptx GISWRSynopsis2.pdf Readings are on slide 2 of this presentation. | Maidment |
| 3 | Thu, Sep 4 | Exercise 1: Introduction to ArcGIS. Ex12014.docx Ex12014.pdf Ex1Data.zip Ex1WebData.zip GISWRSynopsis3.pdf | Tarboton |
| 4 | Tue, Sep 9 | Data sources for GIS in water resources. DataSources2014.pptx GISWRSynopsis4.pdf DataSources2014.pdf | Tarboton |
| 5 | Thu, Sep 11 | Exercise 2: Building a base map. Ex22014.pdf Ex22014.docx GISWRSynopsis5.pdf Backup data: Region12Wshed.mpk FlowPerUnitArea.pptx | Tarboton |
| 6 | Tue, Sep 16 | Geodesy, map projections and coordinate systems. MapProj.pptx GISWRSynopsis6.pdf | Maidment |
| 7 | Thu, Sep 18 | Spatial analysis using grids SpatialAnalysis.pptx GISWRSynopsis7.pdf Slope.pdf RasterExample.zip | Tarboton |
| 8 | Tue, Sep 23 | Exercise 3: Spatial analysis in hydrology. GISWRSynposis8.pdf, Hw1.docx (due 9/30/14), HW1Guidance.pptx, Ex32014.pdf (due 10/2/14), Ex3Data.zip | Tarboton |
| 9 | Thu, Sep 25 | Digital Elevation Based Watershed and Stream Network Delineation. GISWRSynopsis9.pdf, DemWatershedDelineation.pptx, 1 page Term project proposal due | Tarboton |
| 10 | Tue, Sep 30 | Terrain Analysis Using Digital Elevation Models (TauDEM). GISWRSynopsis10.pdf, TauDemWatershedDelineation.pptx | Tarboton |
| 11 | Thu, Oct 2 | Exercise 4: Watershed and Stream Network Delineation. GISWRSynopsis11.pdf, Ex4Overview.pptx, Ex42014.pdf Exam Preparation: Hw2.pdf, Hw2Soln.pdf |
Tarboton |
| 12 | Tue, Oct 7 | Flood Forecasting NFIEOSTP.pptx GISWRSynopsis12.pdf | Maidment |
| 13 | Thu, Oct 9 | Review for Midterm Exam. Review2014.pdf Review2014.pptx MidtermSoln2013.pdf GISComputationSkills.pptx | Maidment |
| 14 | Tue, Oct 14 | Midterm Exam. Midterm2014.pdf | All |
| 15 | Thu, Oct 16 | Arc Hydro Groundwater AHGroundwater.pptx GISWRSynopsis15.pdf [USU and UNC Fall Break, class optional for USU and UNC students] | Maidment |
| 16 | Tue, Oct 21 | Enhanced Terrain Analysis Using TauDEM. EnhancedTerrainAnalysis.pptx | Tarboton |
| 17 | Thu, Oct 23 | Geospatial Programming in Python. GeospatialProgrammingInPython.pdf, modis_python_demo.zip | Castronova |
| 18 | Tue, Oct 28 | Exercise 5. Building ArcGIS Tools using Python. Exercise5.pdf. Ex5Scripts.zip. elevation.zip. 2 page term project progress report due. UNC Term Project Review Assignment. | Castronova |
| 19 | Thu, Oct 30 | Demography Demography.pptx AccessingCensusData.pdf | Maidment |
| 20 | Tue, Nov 4 | HydroShare and Hydrologic Information Systems. HydroShareandHIS.pptx, GISWRSynopsis20.pdf. | Tarboton |
| 21 | Thu, Nov 6 | Integrated Water Resorces Modeling. IntegratedModeling.pptx | Castronova |
| 22 | Tue, Nov 11 | Green infrastructure, groundwater and the sustainable city. GreenInfrastructure.pptx | Larry Band |
| 23 | Thu, Nov 13 | Term Project Presentation Guidance TermPaperPresentations.docx, Water Information Sharing WaterInfShare.pptx |
Maidment |
| 24 | Tue, Nov 18 | Presentation of Term Papers. View presentations in Texas. See guidance on preparing presentations | Students |
| 25 | Thu, Nov 20 | Presentation of Term Papers. View presentations in Texas. | Students |
| 26 | Tue, Nov 25 | Presentation of Term Papers. UNC group 1. | Students |
| Thu, Nov 27 | Thanksgiving | ||
| 27 | Tue, Dec 2 | Presentation of Term Papers. UNC group 2. Discussion of final exam at UNC. Data for Final Exam. | Students |
| 28 | Thu, Dec 4 | Presentation of Term Papers, Course evaluation, discussion of final exam | Students |
| Fri, Dec 5 | Term project due | Students |