Tutorials and Labs for the Environmental Physical Science Major

1. Hydrology Labs

a. Lab 1 - Excel Tutorial (follow this tutorial as a first step to understanding spreadsheets)

b. Lab 2 - Stream Gaging

c. Lab 3 - Slope Area method for determining peak discharge

d. Lab 4 - Rational Method for determining peak discharge

2. Tutorials

a. Basic Setup of the Trimble Pro XR differential GPS

1. Introduction

2. Connections

3. Startup and Settings

b. Stream Gaging - Using the Price AA flow meter

c. Calculating 2-d and 3-d distances between points (under construction)

d. Calculating cross-sectional areas (under construction)

e. Using differential GPS data in a GIS (under construction)

3. Acknowledgements

a. This work was funded by the State of South Dakota Governor’s Technology Grant. The project, "Infusion of Field and Web-based Technology in the Environmental Physical Science" provided time and technological purchases that enabled the development of these labs and tutorials

b. The Department of Hydrology and Water Resources at the University of Arizona provided salary and support during my 1999-2000 sabbatical leave, and continues to support the development of hydrology field exercises through their Summer Hydrology Field Camp.

Back to the Environmental Physical Science Homepage

Back to Dr. Anderson's Homepage