Tracking Groundwater Pollution part of Teaching Computation with MATLAB:Teaching with MATLAB 2015:Teaching Activities
Victor Padron, Normandale Community College
This is a teaching module presenting an introduction to modeling ground water pollution, directed to undergraduate students in applied mathematics. It begins with a brief discussion of Darcy's law concerning ...

Working with Spatial Data in MATLAB part of Teaching Computation with MATLAB:MATLAB Workshop 2020:Activities
Andrew Fischer, university of tasmania
Students are introduced to two spatial data models, vector and raster. By the end of this activity, students will be able to describe the two different data models and create, import and visualize various spatial ...

Calculating and using Unit Hydrograph using Matlab part of Teaching Computation with MATLAB:MATLAB Workshop 2018:Activities
Negin Hayatbini, University of California-Irvine; Alexandre Martinez, University of California-Irvine
We are using the concept of Unit Hydrograph to understand the behavior of a watershed following a rain event and to calculate the runoff following any rainfall event.

Working with Scientific Data Sets in Matlab: An Exploration of Ocean Color and Sea Surface Temperature part of Teaching Computation with MATLAB:Teaching with MATLAB 2015:Teaching Activities
Andrew Fischer, university of tasmania
To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video Click to watch Andrew Fischer discuss his activity or watch the full webinar.Remote sensing is a ...

Choice of geophone layout in a simple near-surface seismics setting part of Teaching Computation with MATLAB:MATLAB Workshop 2016:Teaching Activities
Alain Plattner, California State University-Fresno
To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video Click to watch Alain Plattner discuss his activity or watch the full webinar.We use MATLAB functions ...

Working with Scientific Data Sets in Matlab: Intra-annual variability of Sea Surface Temperature and Data Interpolation part of Teaching Computation with MATLAB:Teaching with MATLAB 2015:Teaching Activities
Andrew Fischer, university of tasmania
Sea surface temperature is a critical variable that determines biogeographic and distribution patterns of marine organisms. Changes in temperature influence species reproduction and survival and can affect the ...

Investigation solution methods for the groundwater flow equations part of Teaching Computation with MATLAB:MATLAB Workshop 2016:Teaching Activities
Michael Cardiff, University of Wisconsin-Madison
This activity is used in my groundwater flow modeling class (GEOS-724), a class for upper-level undergraduates and graduate students. In advance, the students receive an introduction to MATLAB and basic programming ...

Computational Inquiry into a Hillslope Surface Model part of Teaching Computation with MATLAB:MATLAB Workshop 2016:Teaching Activities
Risa Madoff, University of North Dakota-Main Campus
By using (x, y, z) data imported from repeat scans of a terrestrial LiDAR, students learn how to conceptualize a natural surface by using MATLAB to model it and to model change. Because the model has a real ...

Teaching Seismic Data Analysis with the GISMO toolbox for MATLAB part of Teaching Computation with MATLAB:Teaching with MATLAB 2015:Teaching Activities
Glenn Thompson, University of South Florida
GISMO is an object-oriented toolbox for seismic data analysis, and a set of tutorials are being built around this. Students learn how to read seismic waveform and event catalog data either from local files or ...

Stream flow and concentration relationships part of Teaching Computation with MATLAB:MATLAB Workshop 2018:Activities
Lin Ma, University of Texas at El Paso
This exercise uses field monitoring (stream flow and electric conductivity) and laboratory analytical results (major solute concentrations) to explore the stream flow generation function and relationships between ...