GLG410--Computers in Earth and Space Exploration
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Weekly Lecture Notes
Date
Topic
Week 1:
8/18
Introduction to Computers in Earth and Space Exploration
Week 2:
8/23 & 8/25
Introduction to HTML
Week 3:
8/30 & 9/1
Addressing Scientific Questions with Spreadsheets
Three earth science problems to solve with a spreadsheet
Week 3:
9/6 & 9/8
Data visualization and information design
Basic statistics in a spreadsheet: histograms, frequency, skewness
Curve fitting and the Solver using Excel
Week 4:
9/13 & 9/15
Basic statistics in a spreadsheet: histograms, frequency, skewness
Curve fitting and the Solver using Excel
Introduction to Matlab
Week 4:
9/20 & 9/22
Introduction to Matlab
Matlab scripting and simple data analysis
Week 5:
9/28 & 9/30
Simple programming in Matlab
Array subsetting with True-False matrices and FIND in Matlab
Week 6:
10/4 & 10/6
Graphical Interaction with Plots and Subsetting in Matlab
Simple looping and matrix construction in Matlab
Week 7:
10/11 & 10/13
Flow control in Matlab using IF
Simple Image Processing using Matlab
Week 8:
10/18 & 10/20
Simple Image Processing using Matlab, continued
Introduction to Geographic Information Systems
Week 9:
10/25 & 10/27
Digital Elevation Models and Simple Maps in ArcMap
Enhanced imagery visualization in ArcScene
Week 9:
11/2 & 11/3
Georeferencing raster data in ArcMap
Basic features in ArcMap--Shapefiles
Week 10:
11/8 & 11/10
Compiling geologic field data in ArcMap
Digitizing the geologic map
Week 11:
11/15 & 11/17
Query and processing of vector data with application to Arizona seismic hazard
Combining analysis of rasters and vectors: application to landscape reconstruction
Week 11:
11/22 & 11/24
Combining analysis of rasters and vectors: application to landscape reconstruction, continued with added videos
Getting Camtasia going to produce a narrated video of your powerpoint
Week 12:
11/29 & 12/1
Using KML to Import Points and Image Overlays into Google Earth
Next generation data exploration and visualization tools: GeoMapApp
GLG410 Computers in Earth and Space Exploration
Last modified: December 1, 2011