GIS for Water Resources
Syllabus, Master's level, 1TV444
- Code
- 1TV444
- Education cycle
- Second cycle
- Main field(s) of study and in-depth level
- Technology A1F
- Grading system
- Fail (U), Pass (3), Pass with credit (4), Pass with distinction (5)
- Finalised by
- The Faculty Board of Science and Technology, 26 March 2021
- Responsible department
- Department of Earth Sciences
Entry requirements
120 credits and Groundwater 5 credits and Runoff 5 credits. Proficiency in English equivalent to the Swedish upper secondary course English 6.
Learning outcomes
On completion of the course, the student should be able to:
- Transform coordinate systems and projections
- Use geographic information systems (GIS) to assess and model environmental, geoscientific processes and environmental problems
- Use digital elevation models to perform morphometric analyses of catchments
Content
Basic principles of GIS: Boolean operations, vector and raster models
Basic cartography: transformation of coordinate systems and projections, distributed statistics.
Analysis of catchments, flow paths and topographic wetness index.
Analysis of environmental aquatic transport processes, water resource planning and environmental impact assessment.
Instruction
Lectures and computer exercises.
Assessment
Assignments 4 hp, exercises 1 hp.
If there are special reasons for doing so, an examiner may make an exception from the method of assessment indicated and allow a student to be assessed by another method. An example of special reasons might be a certificate regarding special pedagogical support from the disability coordinator of the university.