Schedule, Fall 2010 -  Environmental Data Analysis EESC BC 3017 ---- will be updated weekly during semester

Project Reading
due
Homework
due
Lecture Lab Data Labreport
due
Intro week 1 goals Warm-up



 9/7



Course overview
check machines


9/9
B&C Ch 1, p. 1-37
Drever, Ch 1
Tu 9/14
HW1
Ans
Units and back of the envelope calculations
Sea-level change
NA
1  week 2-4
goals  Major anions in NY waters
     
9/14
2009 NYC Water Quality Report
B&C Ch 2, p38-77
Th 9/16

NYC water supply
Major ions in local precipitation and surface waters
Water supply in NYC NYC water data
9/16

HW2
Ans
How does an ion chromatograph work? Discussion of sampling plans
IC calibration data

Sa(!!) 9/18
9-12am or 1-4pm: Hudson River field trip, meet at Pier 40 (Houston #1 subway station)  (Hudson River trip 10/8/05)
9/21


Hand entry of data
Hand entry of data
Log sheet
9/23
B&C Ch 3, p78-114
HW3
Ans
Descriptive statistics

IC lab 1
IC template
chromatograms

9/28
9/30
B&C Ch 4 p115-167
Tu 9/30
HW4
Th 10/7
Measurements in the laboratory
How to write a lab report
IC lab 2
 IC raw data
Example lab rep.
draft: Th 10/14
2
week 5-8
goals
NYC Air quality



10/5
10/7
B&C Ch 5, p168-207
Th 10/6


Probability,  distributions, standard error
discussion of lab reports
Major ions stats

10/12
class cancelled
10/14

HW5
Th 10/21

Confidence intervals and errors
Significance tests
Discussion of  drafts
Figures final: Tu 10/26
10/19
Ozone readings
B&C Ch 6, p. 208-256
Th 10/19

Significance tests, continued
ttest-example



10/21
B&C Ch 8, p, 293-303


Tropospheric ozone
O3 lab 1


10/26
10/28
B&C Ch 9, p. 332-367

Regression analysis
Air quality in NYC
O3 lab 2
O3 lab 3

final: Th 11/11

Th 10/21, due Th 10/28
Midterm exam  - take home



 3
 week 10-14
begins 11/5
goals  GIS - Hudson River data
     
11/4 GIS as integrating technology


GIS Overview
Querying your database
ESRI VC #1

11/9
11/11
Database concepts
Map Projection
Coordinate Systems

Geospatial Data Formats & Spatial Reference Systems
ESRI VC #2

11/16

Cartographic  Com.


Classification Methods & Making Maps 101 ESRI VC #3

11/18
Hand Out

Census Data
Working with tables

ESRI VC #4

11/23
Hand Out
Working with geo-referenced dataVector-based Spatial Analysis
As in Bangladesh
Spatial Distribution of Arsenic in Bangladesh

11/30
Working with Raster Data Creating surfaces HW6
12/7
  Presenting data
ESRI VC #4


12/2
Hand Out

Spatial Adjustment

ESRI VC #4

12/7
Hand Out

Interpolation Methods

River sediments and flow
Grain size analysis
Hudson River trip

12/9
Hand Out

Cell & Zonal Statistics

Hudson River Sediment Study Grab samples data


12/14


last day of classes


TBA
 1-4 pm

FINAL EXAM