printer friendly pageCEE 259B: Construction Problems
Group-selected problems in construction techniques, equipment, or management; preparation of oral and written reports. Guest specialists from the construction industry. See 299 for individual studies. Prerequisites: graduate standing in CEM program and consent of instructor.
Terms: Win
| Units: 1-3
| Repeatable
for credit
Instructors:
Fischer, M. (PI)
;
Levitt, R. (PI)
CEE 260A: Physical Hydrogeology (ESS 220)
(Formerly
GES 230.) Theory of underground water occurrence and flow, analysis of field data and aquifer tests, geologic groundwater environments, solution of field problems, and groundwater modeling. Introduction to groundwater contaminant transport and unsaturated flow. Lab. Prerequisite: elementary calculus.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 4
CEE 260C: Contaminant Hydrogeology and Reactive Transport (ESS 221)
Decades of industrial activity have released vast quantities of contaminants to groundwater, threatening water resources, ecosystems and human health. What processes control the fate and transport of contaminants in the subsurface? What remediation strategies are effective and what are the tradeoffs among them? How are these processes represented in models used for regulatory and decision-making purposes? This course will address these and related issues by focusing on the conceptual and quantitative treatment of advective-dispersive transport with reacting solutes, including modern methods of contaminant transport simulation. Some Matlab programming / program modification required. Prerequisite: Physical Hydrogeology
ESS 220 /
CEE 260A (Gorelick) or equivalent and college-level course work in chemistry.
Terms: Win
| Units: 3
CEE 260D: Remote Sensing of Hydrology (ESS 224)
This class discusses the methods available for remote sensing of the components of the terrestrial hydrologic cycle and how to use them. Topics include the hydrologic cycle, relevant sensor types and the electromagnetic spectrum, active/passive microwave remote sensing (snow, soil moisture, canopy water content, rainfall), thermal sensing of evapotranspiration, gravity and hyperspectral methods, as well as an introduction to data assimilation and calibration/validation approaches for hydrologic variables. Pre-requisite: programming experience. Please complete problem set 0 to ensure pre-requisite programming knowledge is sufficient for success in the course
Terms: Win
| Units: 3
Instructors:
Konings, A. (PI)
;
Robinett, T. (PI)
CEE 260G: Imaging with Incomplete Information (CME 262, GEOPHYS 260G)
Statistical and computational methods for inferring images from incomplete data. Bayesian inference methods are used to combine data and quantify uncertainty in the estimate. Fast linear algebra tools are used to solve problems with many pixels and many observations. Applications from several fields but mainly in earth sciences. Prerequisites: Linear algebra and probability theory.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 3-4
Instructors:
Kitanidis, P. (PI)
CEE 261A: Physics of Wind
An introduction to the Atmospheric Boundary Layer (ABL), including measurements and simulations of ABL flows. Wind and flow, turbulent transport, buoyancy and virtual potential temperature, the diurnal cycle. Derivation of the governing equations, simplifications and assumptions. Turbulence kinetic energy and its budget, ABL stability, the Richardson number and the Obukhov length. Analysis of boundary layer turbulence. Overview of field and wind tunnel measurement techniques, and of computational models from meso- to micro-scale. a Discussion of micro-scale applications, including pedestrian wind comfort, pollutant dispersion and wind loading, and an introduction to uncertainty quantification for ABL flows. Prerequisites: Knowledge of fluid mechanics.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 3
Instructors:
Gorle, C. (PI)
CEE 261D: Data Assimilation
Dynamic systems and state-space representation. Kalman Filter (KF). KF for large systems, like the Ensemble KF, the Compressed State KF, and others. Other approaches to data assimilation. Estimation of filter hyperparameters and testing the optimality for optimality. Computational issues and practical challenges. Examples from Hydrology, Meteorology, and Hydrodynamics that involve many state variables.
Terms: Win
| Units: 3
Instructors:
Kitanidis, P. (PI)
;
Vargiemezis, T. (TA)
CEE 261I: Atmosphere, Ocean, and Climate Dynamics: The Atmospheric Circulation (CEE 161I, EARTHSYS 146A, ESS 246A)
Introduction to the physics governing the circulation of the atmosphere and ocean and their control on climate with emphasis on the atmospheric circulation. Topics include the global energy balance, the greenhouse effect, the vertical and meridional structure of the atmosphere, dry and moist convection, the equations of motion for the atmosphere and ocean, including the effects of rotation, and the poleward transport of heat by the large-scale atmospheric circulation and storm systems. Prerequisites:
MATH 51 or CME100 and
PHYSICS 41.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 3
Instructors:
O'Neill, M. (PI)
;
Alvarado-Anderson, C. (TA)
;
Balakrishna, A. (TA)
;
Regibeau-Rockett, L. (TA)
CEE 262A: Hydrodynamics
The flow of incompressible viscous fluid; emphasis is on developing an understanding of fluid dynamics that can be applied to environmental flows. Topics: kinematics of fluid flow; equations of mass and momentum conservation (including density variations); some exact solutions to the Navier-Stokes equations; appropriate analysis of fluid flows including Stokes flows, potential flows, and laminar boundary layers; and an introduction to the effects of rotation and stratification through scaling analysis of fluid flows. Prerequisites: 101B or consent of instructor; and some knowledge of vector calculus and differential equations.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 3-4
Instructors:
Fringer, O. (PI)
;
MacMillan, T. (TA)
CEE 262B: Transport and Mixing in Surface Water Flows (OCEANS 262B)
Application of fluid mechanics to problems of pollutant transport and mixing in the water environment. Mathematical models of advection, diffusion, and dispersion. Application of theory to problems of transport and mixing in rivers, estuaries, and lakes and reservoirs. Recommended: 262A and
CME 102 (formerly
ENGR 155A), or equivalents.
Terms: Win
| Units: 3-4
Instructors:
Monismith, S. (PI)
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