113 core-path models and methods
Getting Started, Methods and Tools, Foundations, Earth Systems, Spatial Analysis, Hazards, and Economic Geography.
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18 specialist chapters
Cryosphere and Mountain Systems, Advanced Remote Sensing, and Machine Learning.
39 practicum-style investigations
Advanced applications, integrated investigations, and more demanding computational work.
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- Getting Started
- Methods and Tools
- Maths for Modelling Space
- Earth Systems and Observation
- GIS and Spatial Analysis
- Hazards, Change, and Prediction
- Cities, Networks, and Economic Geography
- Cryosphere and Mountain Systems
- Advanced Remote Sensing
- Computational Geography Laboratory
- Machine Learning for Geographic Data
Getting Started
Methods and Tools
Maths for Modelling Space
- What Is a Spatial Model
- Linear Change and Rate
- Exponential Growth and Logarithms
- Logistic Growth and Equilibrium
- Map Projections and Coordinate Reference Systems
- Digital Elevation Models as Functions
- Gradient, Aspect, and Steepest Descent
- Gravity Models of Trade and Migration
- Accessibility and Spatial Opportunity
- Medical Geography and Care Access
- Social Vulnerability and Exposure
- Public Health and Environmental Exposure
- Migration Systems and Selective Mobility
- Segregation and Neighborhood Inequality
- Demographic Structure and Population Change
- Spatial Diffusion of Innovation
- What Is Remote Sensing
- Spatial, Spectral, Temporal, and Radiometric Resolution
- Atmospheric Effects and Surface Reflectance
- Light Attenuation in Canopy
- Spectral Mixing and Sensor Response
- Solar Geometry and Projection
- Hydrological Flow as Optimization
- Earth as a Rotating Sphere
Earth Systems and Observation
- Net Radiation and Albedo
- Sensible and Latent Heat Fluxes
- Soil Heat Diffusion
- Photosynthesis Light Response
- Soil Moisture Dynamics
- Wind Profiles and Turbulence
- Temperature and Moisture Gradients
- Multispectral Imagery and Band Interpretation
- Vegetation Indices and Remote Sensing
- Circular Orbits and Kepler’s Third Law
- Ground Tracks and Orbital Geometry
- Satellite Overpasses and Visibility
- How GPS Works
- Carbon Allocation and NPP
- Decomposition and Soil Carbon
- Nitrogen Cycling
- Phenology and Growing Season
- Land-Atmosphere Coupling and Feedbacks
GIS and Spatial Analysis
- Point-in-Polygon Testing
- Buffer Operations
- Polygon Overlay Operations
- Spatial Joins
- Raster Resampling and Interpolation
- Map Algebra and Focal Operations
- Raster Classification
- Viewshed and Line of Sight
- Watershed Delineation
- Cost Distance and Least-Cost Paths
- Supervised Image Classification
- Change Detection
- Time-Series Analysis
Hazards, Change, and Prediction
- Fire Weather and Ignition
- Fire Spread Modeling
- Rainfall Intensity and Duration
- Flood Frequency Analysis
- Urban Flood Modeling
- Fire Emissions and Smoke
- Thunderstorm Dynamics
- Tornado Formation and Intensity
- Hail Formation and Forecasting
- Boundary-Layer Turbulence
- Extreme Wind Events
- Compound Hazards and Cascading Risk
Cities, Networks, and Economic Geography
- Canada Trade Gravity Model
- Urban Bid-Rent Model
- Urban Agglomeration Economies
- Markets and Spatial Arbitrage
- Alberta Pipeline Crude Oil
- Alberta Pipeline NGL Condensate
- Alberta Pipeline Natural Gas
- Alberta Pipeline Refined Products
- Alberta Pipeline Integrated Network
- Canada Trade Corridors
- Canada Port Economics
- Canada Freight Modal Split
- Canada Integrated Trade Network
- Urban City-Size and Zipf
- Urban Economic Base
- Urban Integrated System
- Markets and Commodity Price Formation
- Markets, Futures, and Geographic Instruments
- Markets and Price Volatility
- Markets as an Integrated Price System
- The Hotelling Rule
- Resource Supply Cost Curves
- Resource Royalty Regimes
- Resource Curse
- Resource Integrated System
- Crude Oil Pipelines
- NGL and Condensate Systems
- Natural Gas Transmission
- Refined Products Distribution
- Integrated Network
- Alberta Renewable Resource Geography
- Alberta Renewable Economics
- Alberta Renewable Policy and Demand
Cryosphere and Mountain Systems
Advanced Remote Sensing
Computational Geography Laboratory
- SAR Fundamentals and Applications
- InSAR Deformation Monitoring
- Gravity Remote Sensing: GRACE
- Passive Microwave Radiometry
- Rock Weathering and Soil Formation
- Soil Erosion and the RUSLE
- Shallow Landslides and Slope Stability
- Sediment Transport in Rivers
- Channel Morphology and Hydraulic Geometry
- Wave Dynamics and Nearshore Transformation
- Longshore Sediment Transport and Coastal Budgets
- Sea Level, Storm Surge, and Coastal Morphodynamics
- Urban Heat-Island Dynamics
- Urban Ventilation and Pollutant Dispersion
- Transportation Network Analysis
- Accessibility and Travel-Demand Modeling
- Land-Use Change Modeling
- Urban Scaling Laws and City Structure
- Demographic Spatial Dynamics
- Reservoir Operations and Mass Balance
- Stochastic Streamflow and Drought Risk
- Dissolved Oxygen Dynamics and the Streeter-Phelps Model
- Nutrient Dynamics and Lake Eutrophication
- Sediment and Contaminant Transport in Rivers
- Groundwater Contaminant Plumes
- Pump-and-Treat and In Situ Remediation
- Bayesian Inference for Environmental Models
- Regression for Continuous Spatial Variables
- Dimensionality Reduction for High-Dimensional Geographic Data
- Ensemble Forecasting and Uncertainty Quantification
- The Kalman Filter and Sequential Data Assimilation
- Satellite Data Assimilation in Environmental Models
- Fossil Fuel Combustion Chemistry
- Biomass Burning and Pyrogenic Carbon
- Land-Use Change and Deforestation
- Photosynthesis and Gross Primary Production
- Ocean Carbon Uptake and Air-Sea Exchange
- Soil Carbon Storage and Decomposition
- Methanogenesis in Anaerobic Environments