Schedule, Fall 2009 -  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



 9/8

get textbook

Course overview
check machines


9/10
B&C Ch 1, p. 1-37
Drever, Ch 1
Tu 9/15
HW1
Answer
Units and back of the envelope calculations
Sea-level change
NA
1  week 2-4
goals  Major anions in NY waters
     
9/15
2007 NYC Water Quality Report
B&C Ch 2, p38-77
Th 9/17

NYC water supply
Major ions in local precipitation and surface waters
Water supply in NYC NYC water data
9/17

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

9/22


Hand entry of data
Hand entry of data
Log sheet
9/24
B&C Ch 3, p78-114
HW3
Answer
Descriptive statistics

IC lab 1
IC template
chromatograms

Saturday 9/26 9-12am, 12-3pm Hudson River field trip, meet at 79th St Boat Basin (Hudson River trip 10/8/05)
9/29
10/1
B&C Ch 4 p115-167
Tu 9/30
HW4
10/6 & 10/8
Measurements in the laboratory
How to write a lab report
IC lab 2
 IC raw data
Example lab rep.
draft: Tu 10/13
2
week 5-8
goals
NYC Air quaility



10/6
10/8
B&C Ch 5, p. 168-207
Th 10/8


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

10/13
10/15

HW5
10/20
Confidence intervals and errors
Significance tests
Discussion of  drafts
Figures final: Th 10/22
10/20
B&C Ch 6, p. 208-256
Ozone readings
Th 10/29


Significance tests, continued
ttest-example



10/22
B&C Ch 8, p, 293-303

HW6
11/5

Tropospheric ozone
O3 lab 1



10/27
10/29
 B&C Ch 9, p. 332-367

HW7
Regression analysis
Air quality in NYC
O3 lab 2
O3 lab 3

final: Tu
11/10

10/22, due Mo 10/26@noon
Midterm exam  - take home



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


GIS Overview
Querying your database
ESRI VC #1

11/10
11/12
Database concepts
Map Projection
Coordinate Systems

Geospatial Data Formats & Spatial Reference Systems
ESRI VC #2

11/17

Cartographic  Com.


Classification Methods & Making Maps 101 ESRI VC #3

11/19
Hand Out

Census Data
Working with tables

ESRI VC #4

11/24
Hand Out
Working with geo-referenced dataVector-based Spatial Analysis
As in Bangladesh
Spatial Distribution of Arsenic in Bangladesh

12/1
Working with Raster Data Creating surfaces
  Presenting data
ESRI VC #4


12/3
Hand Out

Spatial Adjustment

ESRI VC #4

12/8
Hand Out

Interpolation Methods

River sediments and flow
Grain size analysis
Hudson River trip

12/10
Hand Out

Cell & Zonal Statistics

Hudson River Sediment Study Grab samples data


12/14


last day of classes


TBA
 1-4 pm

FINAL EXAM