AVHRR 10-Day NDVI Mosaic
| Week | Dates | Topic | |
| 1 | 25 Aug | Introduction;
Overview
of GIS/environmental models; components of environment/ecological
systems; Procedures for Hydrological Modeling; Asking good research or management
questions. Class Logistics; First Assignment. PDF File of Slides No Workshop |
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| 2 | 1
Sept |
No Meeting - Labor Day | |
| 3 | 8 Sept |
Guest Workshop Leader: Alan Foley, Jones Edmunds
consulting firm. ALAN FOLEY'S PRESENTATION Student 1 - ArcHydro overview - Ursula Garfield Student 2 - Geodatabases - Darina Palacio Workshop: Geodatabase Tutorial Read pages 1-6, do Ch. 2 "Quick Start" pages 7-44 (20 minutes?) and be familiar with the material in Ch. 3 "Editing GIS Features" and Ch. 4 "Building Geodatabases." Data for Geodatabase Tutorial are in G:\share\GIS_5306_GIS_Apps_in_Environmental_Systems\ArcTutor\BuildingaGeodatabase. Please copy these data to your own folder or hard drive. Additional documents: Building a Geodatabase. This document includes everything you ever need for understanding Geodatabase creation and use. |
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| 4 | 15 Sept | Guest Workshop Leader: Jack Hampson, National Water
Resources Technologies Program, PBS&J, Tampa. Student 3 - ArcHydro basics: Geometric Networks - Erin Bunting Workshop: Geometric Network Tutorial |
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| 5 | 22 Sept | Guest Workshop Leader: Sandra Fox - St. Johns River Water
Management District Workshop: Determining teams. Determining the drainage basin for the individual, semester-long project. Begin work on proposal for semester project. |
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| 6 | 29 Sept |
Student 4
- Digital Elevation Models - Sources, Accuracy and
Precision - M.W. Binford; Paper
on sensitivity of DEM-derived topographic variables for hydrological
applications Student 5 - ArcHydro methods - Emilly Magen Foster Proposal first draft for semester project due Data Collection and Analysis: DEM and soils |
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| 7 | 6 Oct | Student 6
- Stream Networks - Sources, Accuracy and Precision - Darina Palacio Student 7 - ArcHydro methods - Kimly Reth Proposal second draft for project due Data Collection and Analysis: Stream Network and land-cover/vegetation Interesting paper on using RADAR rainfall data as input to HEC-GeoHMS for hydro modeling (From Erin and Darina) |
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| 8 | 13 Oct | Student 8
- Hydrological Modeling - A multitude of approaches with emphasis on
HEC-RAS - Steven Marks Student 9 - Hydrological basics - streamflow gauging, data analysis, basis for model "validation." - Kellie Norris Volunteer? Data Collection and Analysis: Gaging stations, streamflow history and statistics. |
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| 9 | 20 Oct | Work Day. |
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| 10 | 27 Oct | Work Day. |
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| 11 | 3 Nov | Work Day. | |
| 12 | 10 Nov | Work Day. | |
| 13 | 17 Nov | Work Day. | |
| 14 | 24 Nov | Work Day. | |
| 15 | 1 Dec |
Work Day and in-class presentations if necessary. | |
| 16 |
8
Dec |
In-class project presentations. | |
| 12
Dec |
Final Papers Due |
Semester-long
Project. I believe that the best way to become very good at
using any tool is to use it to solve problems. So, each of you, either
individually or as a team no larger than three people, will
conduct a semester-long project with which you will:
1. select a small to medium-sized drainage
basin somewhere in the world,
2. develop a research or management question
that must be addressed by modeling the basin's hydrology,
3. write a short proposal that outlines the
questions and describes project methods, data requirements, and likely
outcomes
4. collect all the data necessary for the
modeling,
5. select an appropriate dynamic simulation
model,
6. condition the data using ArcHydro tools so
that the simulation model can be implemented,
7. implement the model to simulate recorded
hydrological characteristics (discharge, flood hydrographs, etc.) well
enough to "validate" the model,
8. conduct research or management experiments
to explore "what if" scenarios of future changes,
9. write a short report documenting your work,
and
10. present a short report to the class about your
study
ACADEMIC HONESTY
You are all bound by the
student academic honor code.
“We, the members of the
highest standards of honesty and integrity.”
"On my honor, I have neither given nor received unauthorized aid in
doing
this assignment."
The
work you hand in for labs and for exams MUST be your own work. Any
material
obtained from other sources must be cited correctly. Do not plagiarize
material. The first time a student is caught cheating they will get
zero on the
lab/test. On the second offense the student will be reported to the
appropriate
student body.
Cell phones –
These MUST be turned off in both lectures and labs. Also note when you
are in
the labs outside class time Cell phones must be off or you will be
asked to
leave the lab.