EG1106: GI, a primer

This unit is designed to cover the basic concepts of geography, GIScience, GIS, spatial technology and technologies.

LECTURES (selected):

Communicating with cartography
Introduction to Remote Sensing
Concepts of Space & Time
Field & Survey data collection
GI and Weather
GI and Space Exploration
Basic Spatial Statistics
GI and Warfare/Intelligence
GI and Health
Maps & Representation

EG1204: Earth Systems: an introduction

There are SEVEN lectures which I teach for this unit. All seven deal with aspects of METEOROLOGY and CLIMATE CHANGE.

Please contact the other EG1204 tutors for material and questions relating to THEIR contributions.

Details of distilled lecture notes (PowerPoint format) are provided below:

Lecture 1: Click >HERE< Introduction, astronomy and atmosphere/oceans
Lecture 2: Click >HERE< Energy, radiation and temperature
Lecture 3: Click >HERE< Evaporation & humidity
Lecture 4: Click >HERE< Fog & cloud formation
Lecture 5: Click >HERE< Atmospheric instability
Lecture 6: Click >HERE< The oceans and winds
Lecture 7: Click >HERE< Climate and weather prediction

Lecture 8: Click >HERE< Dr Jonathan Lageard's Weather Lecture

EG2234: Earth Observation

This unit is designed to cover the theory and practice of remote sensing.

LECTURES:

Term 1

Lecture 1: Introduction to RS: Click >HERE< to download PowerPoint file

Lecture 2: The Electromagnetic Spectrum: Click >HERE< to download PowerPoint file

Lecture 3: Interactions: Atmosphere: Click >HERE< to download PowerPoint file

Lecture 4: Interactions: Land: Click >HERE< to download PowerPoint file

Term 2

Lecture 1: Applications of RS : Click >HERE< to download PowerPoint file

Lecture 2: Agriculture & RS : Click >HERE< to download PowerPoint file

Lecture 3: Weather Forecasting & RS : Click >HERE< to download PowerPoint file

Lecture 4: Health, Epidemiology & RS : Click >HERE< to download PowerPoint file

Lecture 5: Disasters & RS : Click >HERE< to download PowerPoint file

SUPPORT DOCUMENTS:

There is a unit Reader document to accompany this unit:

Click >HERE< to download/open the Reader document (PDF format)

EG3137: Impacts & Models of Climate Change

This unit is intended to cover advanced climate components, climate change and climate modelling topics.

LECTURES (selected):

Lecture 1: Introduction
Lecture 2: Natural Vs Anthropogenic
Lecture 3: A basic modelling primer
Lecture 4: Statistical Forecasting part 1
Lecture 5: Dynamical Forecasting part 1
Lecture 6: Dynamical Forecasting part 2
Lecture 7: Model Assimilation
Lecture 8: Climate Model Evaluation
Lecture 9: Chaos Theory
Lecture 10: Impact: Extreme Weather