Notes EES BC 3025

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Tu, 1/18
Video, Water, a precious resource
concept of course
grading policy/exams/problem sets/textbook/
lecture only from 2:10 to 3:25
cancel some lectures to make up for 2 field trips
Th 1/20
collect e-mail addresses and basic info again, confirm the two doubtful addresses
set up the computers and test them
    every student should use always the same computer
    put label on them
    make directory on harddisk with last name
    will copy CD Rom onto harddisk
    set up browser and bookmark the class' web site
do the intro test
HW0
Water for the world and Unit conversions
need: DaVinci CD
class: bring CD Rom next time!
530 available Tu 12-1 and Th 12-2
Tu 1/25
take photo of class
fieldtrip dates not set yet
Julie TA, will come next Tuesday
SIPA students give extra presentation, Megan will talk about water in Russia
Th 1/27
problem sets #1, collect #0
finish water cycle part
properties of water
    density, viscosity etc.
experiments
  bring CD next time!
Tu 2/1
computer, install CD
precipitation
    Pvapor graph
    do some statistics on precipitation data, download data from Ingrid?
    do excercise with global and US precip. patterns
evaporation
come to office hours during next two weeks
Th 2/3
talk about hw0: only issue: 'anomaly'
collect hw1
talk briefly about hw2
mention Julie again
reading for next week, ignore some of the equations, try to get the basic ideas anyway
do experiments this time
Tu 2/8
use computers
     look at global precip pattern
    look at precip timeseries (exlplore further 2)
    make histogram of LGA data (CLIMVIS?) (we did not do this)
Th 2/10
go over integrals
    example: precipitation over a certain area
probability and Gaussian distribution, Appendix 3
collect hw2
homework => motivate the questions and go over making a histogram
discuss seasonality of precipitation (movie, chapter2)
evaporation lecture

Tu 2/18/03end
discuss recent Noreaster
talk about statistics
    exceedence probability
    recurrence interval
    NORMINV function
ET lecture
Principles of fluid dynamics?
 
 
 
 

Tu 2/17
talk about glass a solid
talk about the homework that is coming up, in particular the combination diagram
meet next Tuesday at 2:10 on 120th and Amsterdam (sharp!)
bring homework #2 next Tuesday
finish up Bernoulli and go to open channels
need to prepare students for lab next week
bring: paper and Bernoulli experiment
Tu 2/22
weir and laminar table experiment
bring the lap tops!
Th 2/24
midterm Th 3/9
go over homework
discuss the lab experiments, plot Q vs H
go through specific energy argument and flow over steps
stream gaging
Th 3/2
talk about field trip Sat 4/1 8 am?
4/15 Sat as well?
show floods news clip
mention handouts
statistical approach to flood prediction
Missippi river flood example
show Reisner video
talk about Colorado River issues
next week-> review
Th 3/30
need computers
talk about NADP and show pH map
heterogeneity/anisotropy
explor6.doc
homework8 discussion
Tu 4/4
reminder: fieldtrip
talk about storage and pumping tests - homework
introduce the physical model
do Darcy's law on the physical model
Tu 4/18
fieldtrip:
    write something about the geophysical techniques
    Roelof will only show up next week
    did you receive the file and are you all set?
    due date lab report, next week Thursday
unsaturated zone
    definitions
    flow in the unsaturated zone
    Darcy's law, potential variable
    experiment: tensiometer
    applications: agriculture
Cadillac Desert #1 movie?
    how did that hapen that there are all these cities in the desert

Th 4/20
discussion of general water issues

Tu 4/25
The last oasis
general water resources issues
Th 4/27
course evaluations
post test
review

when talking about Cadillac desert, e-mail kc215@BC or CU (Kathleen Coletti)
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