Description:

The subject is focussed on applied GIS project in Landscape protection. Using raster based GIS analyses the students model soil erosion and sediment transport in a spatially distributed way and design protection measures against erosion. Verification study is included.

Contents:

1 Source layers overview, concept of erosion modelling
2 Factor R
3 Land use map and factor C
4 Factor K
5 DEM preparation
6 LS factor
7 Factor P
8 Soil loss ? USLE method
9 Sediment transport ? Sediment Delivery Ratio
10 Reservoir trapping efficiency
11 Sediment amount measurement and calculation ? reservoir
12 Scenarios of soil protection

Seminar contents:

following the lectures

Recommended literature:

(1) materials obtained at the course
(2) ArcGIS tutorials: http://resources.arcgis.com/en/Tutorials/
(2) D. W. (2001): Geographic Information Systems and Science, John Wiley & Sons, ISBN: 0471892750, 472 p.

Keywords:

GIS, modelling, Environmental Engineering, Landscape Engineering

Abbreviations used:

Semester:

• W ... winter semester (usually October - February)
• S ... spring semester (usually March - June)
• W,S ... both semesters

Mode of completion of the course:

• A ... Assessment (no grade is given to this course but credits are awarded. You will receive only P (Passed) of F (Failed) and number of credits)
• GA ... Graded Assessment (a grade is awarded for this course)
• EX ... Examination (a grade is awarded for this course)
• A, EX ... Examination (the award of Assessment is a precondition for taking the Examination in the given subject, a grade is awarded for this course)

Weekly load (hours per week):

• P ... lecture
• C ... seminar
• L ... laboratory
• R ... proseminar
• S ... seminar