 OCEAN 582A (and GEOL 490C/590C) |
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OCEAN 582A (and GEOL 490C/590C) |
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A little bit about this course... | This course will explore how river basins are built and how they function in the transport of water, and particulate and dissolved chemical species from land to the oceans. The course will focus on the development of computer models describing drainage basin structure and processes. Topics will include how to analyze spatial data using software tools, how to derive river networks from digital elevation models, and how soils and vegetation are distributed over the landscape. Then coupling between the atmosphere and land surface will be related to the movement of water down river channels. The origin and transport of particulate and dissolve materials through river systems will be evaluated. Course content is appropriate for upper division undergraduate and graduate students.
Prerequisite: Familiarity with Windows-based PC computing, previous exposure to environmental sciences. For further information contact the instructors below |
| Class Location (Spring 2000) |
TUESDAYS AND THURSDAYS, 2:30 - 4:00 pm Room 111, Oceanography Sciences Building (OSB) GIS and Remote Sensing Lab |
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| Instructors |
Jeff Richey richey@u.washington.edu Miles Logsdon David Montgomery Allan Devol Ken Westrick Mark Stoermer |
The course is sponsored by the PRISM (Puget Sound Regional Synthesis Model) UIF project under the guidance of the PRISM Education Committee. The mission of PRISM is to develop and sustain a dynamic and integrated understanding and description of the environmental and human factors that shape the Puget Sound region.
This page is maintained by Bruce Campbell (bdc@hitl.washington.edu)
