Exploring Water Resources GIS Investigations for the Earth Sciences

Name: Exploring Water Resources GIS Investigations for the Earth Sciences
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ISBN: 9780495115120

ISBN-10: 0495115126

ISBN-13: 9780495115120

Edition: 2nd 2007 (Revised)

Authors: Michelle K. Hall, C. Scott Walker, Larry P. Kendall, Jennifer A. Weeks, Anne Huth

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Specifically designed to work in your site-licensed ArcGIS laboratory, the GIS Investigations for the Earth Sciences is a collection of modular investigation guides that let even novice users tap the power of the ArcGIS software to explore, manipulate, and analyze large data sets. Carefully designed and class tested, the guides emphasize the visualization, analysis, and multimedia integration capabilities inherent to GIS. The guide leads students through a set of exercises in which they are asked to explore, analyze, and then elaborate on the information extracted from a robust GIS dataset using your laboratory's ArcGIS software. The GIS information has been preprocessed into maps and…

Book details

List price: $91.95
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: Brooks/Cole
Publication date: 9/7/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 176
Size: 8.50" wide x 10.75" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.792
Language: English

Michelle Hall and The SAGUARO Project team have developed a series of four GIS INVESTIGATIONS over the course of the last few years. These materials have been extensively class-tested at both the college and high-school level using funding from the National Science Foundation (NSF).



Introduction


Getting started


Software needed


What you need to know


Using ArcMap


The ArcMap user interface


Basic operations


Troubleshooting and support options


Working with large numbers


Estimating percent area


Philosophy & design


Philosophy


Instructional Design: The 5-E Learning Cycle


Learning science with GIS


ArcMap QuickReference Sheet


Investigations



Where in the World?



Global water sources



Measuring global water



Utilizing global water reservoirs



What if the ice sheets melted?



Comparing major reservoirs



The Renewable Resource



Too little, too much



Global precipitation patterns



Moving air and water



U.S. preciptiation patterns



Surface water flow



The local water picture



Using Water



Water in your world



Water for many uses



Water at work



Feeding a nation



Meeting the challenge



Water for a Desert City



Living in a desert



Water in the balance



The Tucson Basin aquifer



Groundwater issues



Conserving water



The voice of conservation