Environmental Physical Science Labs and Tutorials

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Hydrology Labs
- Lab 1 - Excel Tutorial (follow this tutorial as a first step to understanding spreadsheets)
- Lab 2 - Stream Gauging
- Lab 3 - Slope Area method for determining peak discharge
- Lab 4 - Rational Method for determining peak discharge
Tutorials
- Basic Setup of the Trimble Pro XR differential GPS
  1. Introduction
  2. Connections
  3. Startup and Settings
- Stream Gauging - Using the Price AA flow meter
- Calculating 2-d and 3-d distances between points (under construction)
- Calculating cross-sectional areas (under construction)
- Using differential GPS data in a GIS (under construction)
Acknowledgements
- 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
- 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.