Winter 2006 Water Related Courses

The following course announcements have come out over the hydrophiles email distribution list recently...

Please remember that the deadline to register for courses without a late fee is January 8, 2006. Late registration (with a $50 late fee) begins January 9 and continues until January 20.

Be sure also to check the course catalogue for other offerings.

Advanced Landscape Ecology (GEO 546), message from Julia Jones(posted 1/9)

The course includes a series of lectures and guest speakers addressing applied landscape ecology in the context of the Pacific Northwest. Pattern-process interactions in large scale ecological and physical systems. Hypothesis testing, field techniques, spatial models/statistics, GIS/remote sensing. PREREQ: 9 graduate science credits. CRN: 27703

Instructor: Julia Jones
Guest instructor: Janine Rice, ricejan<at>geo.oregonstate.edu

Geomorphology of Forests & Streams (GEO 582) - message from Stephen Lancaster (posted 1/6)

I will teach GEO 582 Geomorphology of Forests & Streams this year during Winter Term. In the past, this course was offered by Julia Jones in odd years. Henceforth, it will be offered by me in even years (i.e., it will not be offered next year in Winter, 2007).

Course description:
Physical processes (erosion, transport, deposition, hydraulics, morphology) and biotic interactions on hillslopes, riparian zones, and fluvial systems at multiple spatial and temporal scales. Offered alternate years. PREREQP 9 graduate credits of sciences or engineering. Class meetings will be MWF, 2-2:50 PM, Wlkn 207.

Stephen Lancaster, Asst. Prof.,
Dept. Geosciences, Oregon State Univ.,
104 Wilkinson Hall,
Corvallis, OR 97331-5506
ph. (541) 737-9258; fax (541) 737-1200
email: Stephen.Lancaster<at>geo.oregonstate.edu
http://www.geo.oregonstate.edu/~lancasts/

Snow Hydrology (GEO 439/539) - message from Anne Nolin (posted 12/21)

In this course we will examine the processes of snow formation in the atmosphere, snowpack accumulation, snow metamorphism, and snowpack ablation within a hydrologic context. The course is arranged as a combination of lectures, seminar-style discussions, and 3 field trips. Note: GEO 462 is not a prerequisite as indicated in the catalog.

Topics to be covered include:

  • Snow formation in the atmosphere
  • Snowpack accumulation, canopy interception, wind redistribution
  • Snow climate regimes: alpine, maritime, prairie, etc.
  • Snowpack energy balance
  • Snowcover-climate interactions
  • Snow metamorphism, aging, stratigraphy
  • Snowpack ablation: melt, evaposublimation, rain-on-snow flooding
  • Snowpack/snowmelt chemistry
  • Remote sensing of snow
  • Avalanches
  • Field methods: SNOTEL, snow course, snowpits, snow survey methods
  • Snowmelt/runoff modeling techniques, watershed processes

FMI:

Anne Nolin
Department of Geosciences
Wilkinson 104
Oregon State University
541-737-8051 (office)
541-737-1200 (fax)
http://www.geo.oregonstate.edu/people/faculty/nolina.htm
nolina<at>science.oregonstate.edu

Groundwater Modeling (CE/ENVE 518) - message from Dorthe Wildenschild (posted 12/23)

We will again be following in John Travolta's footsteps in evaluating the court cases against W.R. Grace and Beatrice Foods Corps. involving their liability in the contamination of two municipal supply wells in the town of Woburn, MA.The purpose of this class is for the student to develop expertise in solving practical groundwater flow and solute transport problems using numerical methods. You will learn the finite difference method by solving simple problems “by hand” and by writing simple computer programs in Matlab, IDL, Basic or?. You will also learn to use general purpose modeling programs (GMS Modflow and Interactive Ground Water (IGW)) to solve more realistic flow and transport problems, selected to be representative of those you are likely to encounter in practice. The term project will allow you to apply concepts and skills from the lectures to a particular real-world problem. No programming skills required.

Winter term 2006 CRN 27130
4 credits, PREREQ: CE 514 or eq.
Lectures in Wilkinson 210, M-F 1300-1450
Computer Lab Th 1300-1450

FMI: Dorthe Wildenschild (7-8050) wildend<at>geo.oregonstate.edu or in WLKN 255

Oregon Water Law and Policy (BRE 407/507/607 ) - message from Wayne Huber (posted 11/10)

Two 2-hr seminars will present water policy and water law generalities, followed by three 2-hr case studies of Oregon river basins. Seminars are every other Monday afternoon, beginning January 9, 4:00-5:50. Jointly offered by Profs. Wayne Huber, William Jaeger, Gail Achterman, and three guest presenters. Also offered in real time to the OSU Cascades Campus via video-conferencing. CRN 27580(407,)CRN 27405(507), CRN 27406(607) Section 004 – 1 credit. Held on campus at 278 Kidder.

FMI: Prof. Ron Reuter ron.reuter<at>oregonstate.edu. 541-713-1267.