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CE 534

Hydroinformatics

Civil and Construction Engineering Ira A. Fulton College of Engineering

Course Description

Principles of hardware and software systems for water and climate data collection, storage, sharing, interpretation, analysis, and modeling.

When Taught

Fall Even Yrs..

Grade Rule

Grade Rule 8: A, B, C, D, E, I (Standard grade rule)

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3

Fixed

3

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3

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Title

Data Life Cycle

Learning Outcome

Be able to describe the data life cycle.

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Dimensionality of a dataset

Learning Outcome

Be able to determine the dimensionality of a dataset, including the scale triplet of support, spacing extent for both space and time.

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Data Sharing

Learning Outcome

Be able to generate metadata and describe datasets to support data sharing.

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Data Discovery

Learning Outcome

Know how to discover and access data from major data sources.

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Common Data Models

Learning Outcome

Know how to store, retrieve, and use data from common data models used in Hydrology.

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Develop Data Models

Learning Outcome

Be able to develop data models to represent, organize, and store data.

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Relational Databases

Learning Outcome

Design and use relational databases to organize, store, and manipulate data.

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Software Systems

Learning Outcome

Know how to query, aggregate, and pivot data using Structured Query Language (SQL), Excel, R, and other software systems.

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Reproducible Data Visualizations

Learning Outcome

Know how to create reproducible data visualizations

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Computer Code

Learning Outcome

Be able to write and execute computer code to automate difficult and repetitive data related tasks.

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Manipulate and Transform Data

Learning Outcome

Know how to manipulate data and transform it across file systems, flat files, databases, programming languages, etc.

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Web Services Data

Learning Outcome

Know how to retrieve and use data from web services.

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Hydrology and Engineering Data

Learning Outcome

Be able to organize data in a variety of platforms and systems common in hydrology and engineering

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Water Quality Modeling

Learning Outcome

Prepare data to support hydrologic, water resources, and/or water quality modeling.