Unit 4: The phenomenology of earthquakes from InSAR data part of Imaging Active Tectonics
Bruce Douglas, Indiana University-Bloomington; Gareth Funning, University of California-Riverside
How are different types of earthquakes represented in InSAR data? How can we obtain detailed information on the earthquake source from InSAR data? How well can we resolve those details? In this unit, students ...

Dr. Dave Bice: Using Modeling Earth Systems in Modeling the Earth System at The Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus part of Modeling Earth Systems
David Bice, Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus
This course attempts to teach students to think like a modeler and learn about Earth System dynamics through the construction and experimentation with computer models. At Penn State, this is a required class for a new major on Earth Science and Policy, and its prerequisites include calculus, chemistry, and introductory earth science. There were no traditional lectures in this class; students came to each class period having completed the background reading. The class periods were working sessions in which the students worked through exercises that guided them through constructing and then experimenting with models created in STELLA (a visually-based program for creating models).

The 'Keeling Curve' and analyzing time series data in MATLAB part of Teaching Computation with MATLAB:MATLAB Workshop 2016:Teaching Activities
Gareth Funning, University of California-Riverside
In this exercise, we analyze the trends in the CO2 record monitored at Mauna Loa, (the 'Keeling Curve'). This is an exercise in data handling, interpolation, trend estimation and extrapolation.

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 ...

Finite difference modeling of hillslope diffusion part of Teaching Computation with MATLAB:MATLAB Workshop 2016:Teaching Activities
Dylan Mikesell, Boise State University
This activity introduces students to the finite difference solution of the hill-slope diffusion PDE. The students derive partial derivatives from Taylor Series expansions of the 2D topography function z(x,t). After ...

Conservation Equation Model part of Teaching Computation with MATLAB:MATLAB Workshop 2016:Teaching Activities
Gregory Hancock, College of William and Mary
Numerical models are widely used to simulate systems ranging from climate to traffic jams, yet a high percentage of college-level students have little awareness of how they are constructed and their limitations. ...

Getting inside the black box part of Teaching Computation with MATLAB:MATLAB Workshop 2016:Teaching Activities
Phil Resor, Wesleyan University
In this problem set students apply the finite difference method to develop a simple box model and then explore the impact of anthropogenic changes to the modeled system.

Introduction to Matlab: A first glimpse at new data part of Teaching Computation with MATLAB:MATLAB Workshop 2016:Teaching Activities
Carlye Peterson, Cuesta College
Introduction to Matlab: A first glimpse at new data. The purpose of this exercise is to familiarize students with basic Matlab functions and techniques so they can load and plot data. With this lab exercise, ...

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 ...

Data Filtering and Noise Reduction part of Structural Geology and Tectonics:Structure, Geophysics, and Tectonics 2012:Activities
Scott Marshall, Appalachian State University
This lab utilizes the computer program, Excel. In this exercise students will generate synthetic data sets based on a simplified model of daily high temperatures in Boone, NC and apply several filtering techniques ...