MEA 611G 002  Special Topics in Marine Sciences
 
GIS Applications in Marine, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences   
 
Credit: 3.0  
 

Course Instructor: Dr. Paul Liu

Office: 3147 Jordan Hall

Phone: 515-7977

E-mail: jpliu@ncsu.edu

Dr. Helena Mitasova hmitaso@unity.ncsu.edu

Room 2127, Jordan Hall

Course Meeting Time and Place:

 
Time: Tuesday, Thursday  1:30- 2:45 PM 
Building: JORDAN HALL room: 2121 

Course Website: http://courses.ncsu.edu/mea611g/

Course Overview: A special course for MEAS graduate students to use GIS as tools in their research and educations. After this course, students will be able to create some useful geological/oceanographic maps, which include high-resolution coastal lines, topography and bathymetric data which strongly relate to their research fields or study areas. They should also be able to integrate specific field/cruise data, such as seismic profiling, cores, hydrology, landuse, landcover, etc into their GIS projects. Another big thing in this course we will touch is a GIS watershed Modeling, which include manual/auto delineate watershed, DEM, water/sediment discharge modeling, point-source and non-point source simulation, etc. Students should feel very comfortable and confident to use GIS in many applications in their future career.

Course Grading:

Your course grade will be based on the following:

 
In class and home work projects: 30 points
Mid-term Project: 20 points
Final project: 50 points

A total score of 90% or better will earn at least an "A" grade; 80-89% points a "B", 70-79% points a "C", and for 60-69% you will receive at least a "D".

Reading and Reference Materials:
Will be posted online soon
 
 

Lecture and Lab Schedules:

 
Week- 01  8/18/05 Introduction of GIS applications
 
Week-02 8/23-8/25/05: How to create various maps under GIS software of ArcView/AcMAP 
 
Week -03 8/30-9/1/05: How to find the right data for your GIS project
 
Week-04 9/6-9/8/05: Introduction of the GIS watershed model
 
Week-05 9/13-9/15/05: How to apply the GIS watershed model in Neuse and Tar river basins
 
Week-06 9/20-9/22/05: How to apply the GIS watershed model in Neuse and Tar river basins (Cont.)
 
Week-07 9/27-9/29/05: Calibrate the GIS watershed model and report
 
Week-08 10/4/05: GIS watershed model project- mid-term presentation 
 
 10/06/Fall Break, NO CLASS
 
Week-09 10/11-10/13: GIS-GRASS introduction demonstration – Dr. Mitasova
 
Week-10 10/18-10/20: GRASS software application– Dr. Mitasova
 
Week-11 10/25-10/27: GIS application in Hydrology
 
Week -12 11/01-11/03: GIS application in Marine Sciences
 
Week-13 11/08-11/10: GIS application in Marine Sciences
 
Week-14 11/15-11/17: GIS applications in Earth Sciences
 
Week-15 11/22/05: GIS application in Atmospheric Sciences
 
 1/23-25 Thanksgiving Holiday-NO CLASS
 
Week-16 11/29-12/01 Final Project and Presentation