ESCI 350 Computer Methods in the Earth and Space Sciences

Application and theory of computer applications commonly used in research and industry to solve problems in the earth, environmental, and planetary sciences. Topics to include applications of coordinate systems, geographic information systems, analysis of spatial datasets, digital elevation data sources and error assessment, application and evaluation of algorithms for terrain analysis, watershed characterization, hydrologic analysis and basic coding to enable automation of analysis procedures. Three hours of lecture per week.