Geog 594 GIS for Water Resources

Applications of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) in hydrology and water resource management. Topics include hydrologic networks, watershed characterization by GIS, river channel modeling with GIS, GIS modeling and visualization of hydrographic data, time-series water resource data representation and analysis in GIS, and issues in the applications of GIS for watershed management. Also offered for undergraduate-level credit as Geog 494 and may be taken only once for credit. Recommended prerequisites: Geog 380, Geog 414, and Geog 488.