Location: GL 274
Time: MW 3:30 - 4:45 PM
Instructor: Assefa M. Melesse
Department of Environmental Studies
Office: ECS 339
Tel. (305) 348-6518
E-mail: melessea@fiu.edu
Office Hours: MW 2:00-3:00 PM
Course Description
The course will acquaint students with the application of
geospatial analysis to water resources. Both vector and raster GIS will be used
to analyze and model watershed processes. Grid-based input data preparation,
watershed delineation, flow analysis, routing, overland and channel flow
estimation and hydrograph development will be covered. Modeling water quality
in a GIS environment will be covered. The use of GIS and remote sensing in
spatially distributed watershed analysis, mapping and modeling will be
presented using lectures, home works and project.
Objectives
The course is designed to help students to
1. acquaint
themselves with geospatial tools in watershed analysis
2. create
and process spatial data for hydrologic modeling
3. acquire
hydrologic input parameters from remotely-sensed data
4. understand
modeling protocols in geospatial hydrology
5. understand
and use geospatial statistics in watershed analysis
6. analyze
spatial flow and learn runoff routing
technique
Prerequisite: EVR 4934/GIS 5050 or equivalent, EVR 4962 or
equivalent or permission of instructor
TEXT:
ESRI. 2001. Using ArcHydro – GIS for water resources. Environmental
Systems Research Institute, Inc. Redlands,
CA.
Additional References
Gurnell, A. M. and D. R. Montgomery. 2000. Hydrological applications
of GIS. John Wiley & Sons, Inc. N.Y., NY.