Syllabus for GIS for Water Resources

GIS för vattenresurser

A revised version of the syllabus is available.

Syllabus

5 credits
Course code: 1TV444
Education cycle: Second cycle
Main field(s) of study and in-depth level: Technology A1F
Grading system: Fail (U), Pass (3), Pass with credit (4), Pass with distinction (5)
Established: 2010-03-16
Established by: The Faculty Board of Science and Technology
Revised: 2016-05-02
Revised by: The Faculty Board of Science and Technology
Applies from: Autumn 2016
Entry requirements:
120 credits and Groundwater 5 credits and Runoff 5 credits
Responsible department: Department of Earth Sciences

Upon completion of the course, the student should be able to

Transform coordinate systems and projections
Use geographic information systems (GIS) to assess and model environmental, geoscientific processes and environmental problems
Use digital elevation models to perform morphometric analyses of catchments

Basic principles of GIS: Boolean operations, vector and raster models

Basic cartography: transformation of coordinate systems and projections, distributed statistics.

Analysis of catchments, flow paths and topographic wetness index.

Analysis of environmental aquatic transport processes, water resource planning and environmental impact assessment.

Lectures and computer exercises.

Assignments 4 hp, exercises 1 hp.

Applies from: Autumn 2016

Some titles may be available electronically through the University library.

De Smith, Michael John; Goodchild, Michael F.; Longley, Paul A. Geospatial analysis : a comprehensive guide to principles, techniques and software tools
Leicester: Matador, cop. 2007

Find in the library

Last modified: 2022-04-26