Geography & Environment

• GRS GE 612: Globl Clim Env
  
• GRS GE 620: Methods of Environmental Policy Analysis
  Introduction to the analysis of environmental policy, the implications of environmental problems for public decision making, the tools available to decision-makers, and their effectiveness, advantages, and disadvantages.
• GRS GE 625: U.S. Envir Pol
  
• GRS GE 640: Digital Image Processing - Remote Sensing
  At least introductory statistics (and preferable multivariate statistics) recommended. This course pursues both the algorithms involved in processing remote sensing images and their application. Topics include preprocessing, image transformations, image classification and segmentation, spectral mixture analysis, and change detection. Examples cover a wide range of environmental applications of remote sensing. Students do a project
• GRS GE 645: Physical Models in Remote Sensing
  Devoted to understanding the physical processes involved in remote sensing. Emphasis based on topics of radiative transfer in the atmosphere, at the surface, and in sensors. Reflectance modeling, advanced sensor systems, and geometric effects. A short research paper is required.
• GRS GE 648: Remote Sensing of Vegetation
  Examines the use of remote sensing to study vegetation. Topics include resource inventory and evaluation for forests and agriculture; ecosystem processes like primary productivity and biogeochemical cycles; and spectral reflectance measurement and models. A research paper is required.
• GRS GE 650: Environmental Field Methods and Research
  Fundamental concepts and paradigms related to the application of scientific methods in the field. Developing and implementing independent environmental field research projects. Emphasis on the multidisciplinary nature of environmental research.
• GRS GE 656: Terrestrial Ecosystems and the Carbon Cycle
  Explores the past, present, and possible future dynamics of the terrestrial carbon cycle. Key topics include the physical climate system, variability, ecosystem processes, land use issues, and impacts of global change on society.
• GRS GE 660: Resource Economics and Policy
  Economic analysis of environmental resources and policies for their management. Introduces dynamic optimization as a tool for understanding and analyzing both resource scarcity and the management of energy, fishery, and forestry resources for sustainability.
• GRS GE 683: Geodynamics II: Fluids and Fluid Transport
  Large and small scale phenomena in oceanic, atmospheric, and land surface fluids. Properties of gases and liquids; surface body forces; statics; flow analysis; continuity and momentum conservation. Darcy?s Law; potential, open channel geostraphic flow; dimensional analysis; diffusic turbulence.
• GRS GE 699: Teachng Coll Gg
  
• GRS GE 712: Reg Enrgy Model
  
• GRS GE 714: Energy and Reg
  
• GRS GE 723: Adv Econ Geog
  
• GRS GE 741: Geog Info Sys
  
• GRS GE 756: Geography of Third World Development
  Theory and experience of Third World development. Emphasis on issues of income distribution, geographical and regional inequality, importance of location in development planning, efficiency and equity consideration, and models of, and strategies for, regional development.
• GRS GE 794: Current Issues in Environmental Affairs
  Explores key concepts related to regimes and environmental diplomacy with a focus on a selected set of contemporary issues in international affairs. Fosters research on the negotiation and implementation of environmental treaties.
• GRS GE 805: Spat Anal Gis
  
• GRS GE 902: Student Intern
  
• GRS GE 903: Res En+env Stud
  

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