CEE5440/CEE6440 Geographic Information Systems in Water Resources
3 Credits, Fall semester. No prerequisites.
Texts:
Zeiler, M., (1999), Modeling Our World: The ESRI Guide to Geodatabase
Design, Environmental Systems Research Institute, Inc., Redlands, CA, 199
p.
Maidment, D. R., ed. (2002), Arc Hydro GIS for Water Resources, ESRI
Press, Redlands, CA, 203 p.
This is an online course offered by the University of Texas at Austin
that Utah State University participates in.
University of Texas website: http://www.ce.utexas.edu/prof/MAIDMENT/giswr2003/giswr2003.htm
Utah State University website: https://hydrology.usu.edu/giswr/archive03/
The goals of the course are:
- To teach the principles and operation of
geographic information systems, focusing on ArcGIS and its Spatial Analyst and
3D Analyst extensions.
- To develop a geospatial description of the
water resource features of the landscape using the Arc Hydro data
model
- To link this model engineering analysis of
flooding, water pollution and water supply.
- To develop individual experience in the use
of GIS in Water Resources through execution of a term project. The term
project is presented orally in class and as a written report in html on the
world wide web.
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To participate in and develop the skills required by an online learning
experience.
Topics
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Introduction to GIS in Water Resources (1 lecture)
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Introduction to ArcGIS (2 lectures)
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GIS data sources for water resources (2 lectures)
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Geodesy, map projections and coordinate systems (2
lectures)
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Network modeling in ArcGIS using ArcHydro (2
Lectures)
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Grid based modeling using Digital Elevation Models (2
lectures)
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Digital Elevation Model Based Hydrologic Modeling and
Channel Network Delineation (2 lectures)
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Integration of Geospatial and Temporal Information (2
lectures)
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Linking Arc Hydro with water resources models (2
lectures)
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Terrain analysis using Triangulated Irregular
Networks (1 lecture)
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Flood plain mapping (1 lecture)
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LIDAR and Remote Sensing (1 lecture)
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Nonpoint source pollution (1 lecture)
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Student presentation of term papers (5 lectures)