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Sensing (Geog 115B)

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Sensing (Geog 115C)

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Geomorphology
(Geog 137 / 237)

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Seminar (Geog 295)

Remote Sensing (Geog 115B) [Winter]

A basic understanding of the acquisition and nature of satellite imagery and the tools required to process data from remote sensing systems. Topics include spectral and spatial enhancement, image classification, geometric and radiometric correction, and change detecton with emphasis on applications. Lab: Analysis of Landsat, SPOT, and ASTER digital image data using image processing software (ENVI). We work to answer questions regarding landcover change (agricultaral impact, deforestation), urbanization, glacial-retreat rates, and effects of rainfall storms on hillslope processes.
Note: Files are password protected. Use the username and password given out during class.

Syllabus

[Lab exercises and lectures are available online and accessible only via a password.]

Exercises and Manuals

Introduction to Remote Sensing

Lab Exercise 1: Introduction to Image display and enhancement - assignment 1/06/14
Lab Exercise 1: Landsat data (zip'ed)
Lab Exercise 1: Quickbird data (zip'ed)
Lab Exercise 1: MODIS data (zip'ed)

Lab Exercise 2: Spectral Transormation - assignment 1/13/14
Lab Exercise 2: Spectral Transormation - data (zip'ed)

Lab Exercise 3: Active Remote Sensing I: Lidar - assignment 1/27/14
Lab Exercise 3: Radar data enhancement, processing, and analysis - data (zip'ed)

Lab Exercise 4: Active Remote Sensing II: Radar - assignment 2/03/14
Lab Exercise 4: Active Remote Sensing II: Radar - Excel Spreadsheet

Lab Exercise 5: Supervised Classification and accuracy assessment - assignment 2/10/14

Lab Exercise 6: People and Pixels: Land use change in the Amazon - assignment 2/24/14
Lab Exercise 6: People and Pixels: Land use change in the Amazon - data

Lab Exercise 7: Spectral mixing and unmixing of sediment in water - assignment 3/03/14

Lectures (PDFs and Powerpoints with voice over)

Movies including powerpoint and voice over are in Quicktime, Ipod and Ipad format. When viewing the powerpoints on a laptop computer, use the MP4 version.

Lecture 01	Introduction to Remote Sensing I (Overview and Image Resolution) PDF MP4 iPod iPad	01/06/14
Lecture 02	Introduction to Remote Sensing II (Data Storage, Image Enhancements) PDF MP4 iPod iPad	01/08/14
Lecture 03	Electromagnetic Radiation (EMR, Wave and Particle Model) PDF MP4 iPod iPad	01/13/14
Lecture 04	Electromagnetic Radiation II (Energy Matter Interaction) PDF MP4 iPod iPad	01/15/14
Lecture 05	Remote Sensing of Vegetation PDF MP4 iPod iPad	01/22/14
Lecture 06	Active Remote Sesnsing I (Radar, Lidar, Sonar) PDF MP4 iPod iPad	01/27/14
Lecture 07	Active Remote Sensing II (Radar, GPS) PDF MP4 iPod iPad	01/29/14
Lecture 08	Image Classification I (Accuracy assessment) PDF MP4 iPod iPad	02/05/14
Lecture 09	Image Classification II PDF MP4 iPod iPad	02/10/14
Lecture 10	Change Detection PDF MP4 iPod iPad	02/12/14
Lecture 11	Multispectral Remote Sensing I (History and satellite systems) PDF MP4 iPod iPad	02/19/14
Lecture 12	Multispectral Remote Sensing II PDF MP4 iPod iPad	02/24/14
Lecture 13	High-spatial resolution Remote Sensing PDF MP4 iPod iPad	02/26/14
Lecture 14	Water and the Atmosphere PDF MP4 iPod iPad	03/03/14
Lecture 15	Thermal Infrared Remote Sensing PDF MP4 iPod iPad	03/05/14
Lecture 16	Remote Sensing of rocks, soils, and minerals PDF MP4 iPod iPad	03/10/14
Lecture 17	Review PDF MP4 iPod iPad	03/12/14

Remote Sensing (Geog 115C) [Spring]

Examines information extraction and radiative transfer relevant to remote sensing, focusing on applications for environmental monitoring and natural resource management. Lab exercises develop skills for advanced processing of satellite data, including georeferencing, orthorectification, linear transforms, image correction and noise removal, advanced change detection, and image-cross correlation techniques. Emphasis is put on group projects where students apply advanced remote-sensing methods and show their work during a presentation or poster.

Syllabus

[Lab exercises and lectures are available online and accessible only via a password.]

Exercises and Manuals

*Lab Exercise 1 (04/02/14)*	Reflectance and Radiometric calibration - assignment
	Radiance and Spectral Reflectance calculation - Excel Spreadsheet
	World Glacial Inventory - Google Earth KMZ
	GLIMS database polygons for South America (2014-01-16) - Google Earth KMZ
	GLIMS database points for South America (2014-01-16) - Google Earth KMZ
	updated GLIMS database (Randolph Glacier Inventory) for South America (2013-09-06) - Google Earth KMZ
*Lab Exercise 2 (04/09/14)*	Atmospheric Correction - assignment
*Lab Exercise 3 (04/16/14)*	Converting reflectance values to Kelvin - assignment
*Lab Exercise 3 (04/16/14)*	Statistic Example - Excel Spreadsheet
*Lab Exercise 4 (04/23/12)*	Pan-sharpening of Landsat ETM+ and OLI images and ASTER georeferencing
*Lab Exercise 4 (04/23/12)*	Region of Interest (ROI) clips for all groups - ROI and EVF
*Lab Exercise 5 (04/30/14)*	Co-registration of Landsat ETM+, TM, MSS, and ASTER images
*Lab Exercise 6 (05/07/14)*	Supervised Classification - assignment
*Lab Exercise 7 (05/14/14)*	Lake and Snow classification - assignment
*Lab Exercise 8 (05/21/14)*	Vectorization of classification results - assignment
*Lab Exercise 8 (05/21/14)*	Classification results example - Excel Spreadsheet
*Poster Templates (Adobe Illustrator Files)*	Adobe Illustrator Poster Template 1
	Adobe Illustrator Poster Template 2
	Adobe Illustrator Poster Template 3

Data (Landsat, ASTER, SRTM, and other)

*Group 1* *Cordiellera Oriental (Colombia)*	*Landsat*
	*ASTER*
	*Clip (ROI, EVF)*
	*90m SRTM Digital Elevation Model*

*Group 2* *Eastern Cordillera (Ecuador)*	*Landsat*
	*ASTER*
	*Clip (ROI, EVF)*
	*90m SRTM Digital Elevation Model*

*Group 3* *Cordillera Blanca (Peru)*	*Landsat*
	*ASTER*
	*Clip (ROI, EVF)*
	*90m SRTM Digital Elevation Model*

*Group 4* *Quelccaya (Peru)*	*Landsat*
	*ASTER*
	*Clip (ROI, EVF)*
	*90m SRTM Digital Elevation Model*

*Group 5* *Cordillera Real (Bolivia)*	*Landsat*
	*ASTER*
	*Clip (ROI, EVF)*
	*90m SRTM Digital Elevation Model*

*Group 6* *South-Central Andes (Chile/Argentina)*	*Landsat*
	*ASTER*
	*Clip (ROI, EVF)*
	*90m SRTM Digital Elevation Model*

*Group 7* *Lake District (Chile/Argentina)*	*Landsat*
	*ASTER*
	*Clip (ROI, EVF)*
	*90m SRTM Digital Elevation Model*

Lectures (PDFs)

Lecture 01	Review and Introduction to class projects	MPEG movie (iPad)	03/31/14
Lecture 02	Radiometric and Atmospheric Correction	MPEG movie (iPad)	04/02/14
Lecture 03	Glacier and Snow environments	MPEG movie (iPad)	04/07/14
Lecture 04	Georeferencing	MPEG movie (iPad)	04/09/14
Lecture 05	Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS)	MPEG movie (iPad)	04/14/14
Lecture 06	Spatial Transformations	MPEG movie (iPad)	04/16/14
no Lecture	no lecture, continue working on class project in Descartes Lab	MPEG movie (iPad)	04/21/14
no Lecture	no lecture, continue working on class project in Star Lab	MPEG movie (iPad)	04/23/14
Lecture 07	Spatial and Spectral Transformation	MPEG movie (iPad)	04/28/14
Lecture 08	Resampling and Interpolation	MPEG movie (iPad)	04/30/14
Lecture 09	Digital Elevation Models (DEMs)	MPEG movie (iPad)	05/05/14
Lecture 10	Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar (InSAR)	MPEG movie (iPad)	05/07/14
Lecture 11	Remote sensing of weather, water, and hydrologic patterns	MPEG movie (iPad)	05/12/14
Lecture 12	Remote Sensing and GIS data types	MPEG movie (iPad)	05/14/14
Lecture 13	Lidar Scanning (practical application)	MPEG movie (iPad)	05/19/14
Lecture 14	Lidar scanning and point-cloud processing	LiDAR Images (zip)	05/21/14
Lecture 15	Lab projects: Presentations I	MPEG movie (iPad)	05/28/14
Lecture 16	Lab projects: Presentations II	MPEG movie (iPad)	06/02/14
Lecture 17	Review	MPEG movie (iPad)	06/04/14

Quantitative Geomorphology (Geog 137 / 237) [Fall]

Basic quantitative understanding of processes shaping the Earth's surface. In-depth evaluation of hillslope diffusion, mass wasting, and fluvial processes. Applications of quantitative methods are emphasized throughout the class. Laboratory projects are designed to provide an understanding of various isotopic, physical, and remote sensing datasets.

The class is very well suited for Geography, Geology, and Environmental Studies students interested to learn how the Earth is being shaped. Emphasize of this class is put on the lab sections where we work with Matlab and ArcGIS.
Note: Files are password protected. Use the username and password given out during class.

Syllabus 2013

Exercises and Manuals

Useful Geomorphology Books

Lab Exercise 1 (09/30/13): Introduction to Matlab - assignment
Lab Exercise 1 (09/30/13): Introduction to Matlab - sample data (zip'ped)
Lab Exercise 1 (09/30/13): Sample Matlab command file (updated Sep-30-2013)

Lab Exercise 2 (10/14/13): Geomorphology of Earth and Mars - assignment
Lab Exercise 2 (10/14/13): Geomorphology of Earth and Mars - sample data (zip'ped)
Lab Exercise 2 (10/14/13): Sample Matlab command file

Lab Exercise 3 (10/21/13): Atmospheric and Earth's Surface Interactions - assignment

Lab Exercise 4 (10/28/13): Hillslope transport - assignment
Lab Exercise 4 (10/28/13): Finite scarp (analytical solution #2) - Matlab example

Lab Exercise 5 (11/04/13): Specific Stream Power - assignment
Lab Exercise 5 (11/04/13): Specific Stream Power - data (zip'ped)
Lab Exercise 5 (11/04/13): Matlab example command file (11/04/13)

Lectures (PDFs)

Lecture 01	Introduction to Geomorpology (Overview and History) PDF MP4 iPod Mass of the Earth: PDF and Excel Spreadsheet	09/30/13
Lecture 02	Force Balances, Climatic Geomorpology PDF MP4 iPod	10/02/13
Lecture 03	Introduction to DEMs, Morphology of planets PDF MP4 iPod	10/07/13
Lecture 04	Tectonic Geomorphology I PDF MP4 iPod Mean depth of ocean basins: PDF	10/09/13
Lecture 05	Tectonic Geomorphology II PDF MP4 iPod Thickening of crust: PDF	10/14/13
Lecture 06	Physical and Chemical Weathering PDF MP4 iPod Rates of chemical weathering: PDF	10/16/13
Lecture 07	No lecture PDF MP4 iPod	10/21/13
Lecture 08	No lecture PDF MP4 iPod Conservation of mass: PDF	10/23/13
Lecture 09	Hillslope Processes I PDF MP4 iPod Diffusion on hillslopes: PDF	10/28/13
Lecture 10	Hillslope Processes II PDF MP4 iPod	10/30/13
Lecture 11	Glaciers and Ice PDF MP4 iPod Example of Reynolds number calculation: PDF	11/04/13
Lecture 12	Fluvial Processes PDF MP4 iPod Specific Stream Power: PDF	11/06/13
Lecture 13	Sediment Transport Mechanics PDF MP4 iPod midterm exam PDF	11/13/13
Lecture 14	Sediment Transport mechanics PDF MP4 iPod	11/18/13
Lecture 15	Drainage Basins, Initiation of channels PDF MP4 iPod Number of sand grains in a dune: PDF	11/20/13
Lecture 16	Eolian landforms PDF MP4 iPod	11/25/13
Lecture 17	Extreme events in Geomorphology PDF MP4 iPod	11/27/13
Lecture 18	Review PDF MP4 iPod	12/02/13

Analytical Methods in Geography (Geog 210A) [Fall]

Learn to cast a problem in mathematical terms and learn several methodologies to solve scientific problems. Develop an analytical intuition and use Matlab to tackle problems. The lectures are problem based and this class will emphasize many practical examples.

The class is intended for first-year graduate student in Geography, Geology, and Environmental Studies students interested to sharpen their quantitative skills, develop an analytical intuition, and learn problem-solving methodologies. Emphasize of this class is put on practical examples using standard mathematical methods and the computer package Matlab.

Note: Files are password protected. Use the username and password given out during class.

Syllabus

Exercises and Manuals

Homework / Exercise 1 (10/01/12): Working with Matlab and Functions
download an Introduction to Matlab (pdf)
download Matlab Demonstration (function), plotdemo.m

Homework / Exercise 2 (10/07/12): Differential Calculus 1: The Derivative

Homework / Exercise 3 (10/15/12): Differential Calculus 2: Applications of Derivatives
Matlab example for log-log plots
Matlab Example for exponential functions

Homework / Exercise 4 (10/22/12): Differential Calculus 3: Trigonometric Functions

Homework / Exercise 5 (10/29/12): Differential Calculus 4: Integrals
Matlab example for Question 8 (draining party ball)

Homework / Exercise 6 (11/05/12): Functions of several variables
Matlab example for Question 7: solving partial derivatives with symbolic toolbox
Matlab example for Question 9: numerically solving partial derivatives

Homework / Exercise 7 (11/14/21): Linear Least Square Fitting

Homework / Exercise 8 (11/19/21): Ordinay Differential Equations (ODEs)
Matlab example for solving a population growth ODE
Matlab example for solving a population growth ODE (function definition)

Matlab example for solving a system of ODEs (predator-prey relationship)
Matlab example for solving a system of ODEs (function definition)

Matlab ODE example for solving question 4 (logistic population growth)
Matlab ODE example for solving question 4 (function definition)

Homework / Exercise 9 (11/26/21): Systems of ODEs

Final Exam (12/10/12) due to 12/13/12 12:00 noon

Final Exam (12/07/09) due to 12/11/09 12:00 noon

Lecture Notes (PDFs and Matlab m files)

Lecture 01 Introduction to Numbers and Functions 10/01/12

Lecture 02 Introduction to Matlab and Functions 10/03/12

Lecture 03 Differential Calculus I: Functions, Limits, Derivatives 10/08/12

Lecture 04 Differential Calculus II: Derivatives, Rules, and Examples 10/10/12

Lecture 05 Differential Calculus III: Exponential and Logarithm Functions 10/15/12

Lecture 06 Differential Calculus IV: Applications of Derivatives I 10/17/12

Lecture 07 Differential Calculus V: Applications of Derivatives II 10/22/12

Lecture 08 Differential Calculus VI: Trigonometric Functions 10/24/12

Lecture 09 Integral Calculus I 10/29/12

Lecture 10 Integral Calculus II 10/31/12

Lecture 11 Integral Calculus III 11/05/12

Lecture 12 Multidimensional Calculus I 11/07/12

Lecture 13 Differential Equations I 11/14/12

Lecture 14 Differential Equations II 11/19/12

Lecture 15 Differential Equations III 11/21/12

Lecture 16 Differential Equations IV 11/26/12

Lecture 17 Differential Equations V 11/28/12

Lecture 18 Differential Equations VI 12/03/12

Geography 295 - Geomorph Reading Seminar

What makes the Critical Zone critical?

(O.A. Chadwick and B. Bookhagen) [Fall]

The critical zone reaches from the top of the vegetation canopy through the vadose zone. It links disciplines as disparate as ecosystem ecology, geomorphology, biogeochemistry, soil science and hydrology. It has been defined by the National Research Council and the National Science Foundation in order to foster Earth surface research that explicitly crosses disciplinary boundaries. We will focus primarily on empirical and modeling papers that attempt to link hillslope hydrology, geomorphology and weathering processes into an integrated understanding of how the Critical Zone functions.

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