Outline
Fall 2009
 

 

Date

Topic

Exercise
08/27

Overview (Academic Integrity)

  
09/01

Hydrogeology and Mono Lake 

 Reflectance spectra    Western_U.S._water
09/03

Mono Lake and the "Tragedy of the Commons"

 Stella Model of Mono Lake    Answers
9/08 CAVE Virtual Reality System CAVE Laboratory
9/10 ENVI and Image Processing for Environmental Studies  
09/15 Adiabatic Lapse Rates and Rain Shadows

Earth, Venus, Mars Facts

 Mono Lake: NDVI and Temperature Correlations     Answers
09/17 WU_Field_Work Field Results
09/22 Ancient Lacustrine Systems     More

Milankovitch Cycle Video

 Pleistocene Lakes Associated with the Mojave River      Answers
09/29

Review

Review
10/1 Exam One  
10/6

Vegetation Spectral Reflectance Patterns

Estimating Earth's Surface Temperature

Background Reading Thermal Models

 Glades: NDVI, Temperature, and Topography

Answers
10/08 Missouri Landscapes and Glades

Field Work Preparation for Oct 10 trip
10/13 Missouri Landscapes and Glades Field work discussion and work preparation
10/15 The Ozarks and Biodiversity Issues

Lizard of Liz   Lichens   St. Joe State Park

 Work on Field Trip Reports and Analyst's Notebook  Data summary
10/20

Work on Field Trip Reports and Analyst's Notebook Models_2008   Models_2009

 
10/22

Field Trip Report Presentations

Field Trip Reports and Analyst's Notebook
10/27

Review

 Review
10/29

Exam Two

 
11/3

Carbon Cycle and Greenhouse Warming

 Carbon Cycle Models   Answers
11/5 Maps and Map Projections
11/10

Carbon Cycle and Greenhouse Warming

 Greenhouse Warming Models     Answers
11/12-11/19 Notes

Physiographic Map North America

Office of Science and Technology Policy

National Atmospheric and Oceanic Administration

Climate Changes, Impacts, Responses

Estimating Biomass From Surface and Orbit

 
11/24 No Class

 
11/26 Thanksgiving

 
12/01

Review

 
12/03

Exam 3