Urban Water Related
Upper Division and Graduate Courses
at UC Irvine

Department of Earth System Science
School of Physical Sciences

130 Physical Oceanography (4) W. Physical processes that determine the distribution of water properties such as salt and temperature. Fluid-dynamical underpinnings of physical oceanography. Wave motions. The wind-driven and thermohaline circulation. Similarities and differences between ocean and atmosphere dynamics. Prerequisites: Mathematics 2D and Physics 7A-B-E, or consent of instructor.

132 Terrestrial Hydrology (4) S. Comprehensive treatment of modern conceptual and methodological approaches to hydrological science. Combines qualitative understanding of hydrological processes with quantitative representation, approaches to measurement, and treatment of uncertainty. Major components of the hydrological cycle and their linkages within the coupled Earth system. Prerequisites: Mathematics 2D and Physics 7A-D-E or equivalent or consent of instructor. Concurrent with Earth System Science 232.

134 Fundamentals of GIS for Environmental Sciences (4). Introduction to Geographic Information Systems (GIS). Topics include fundamentals of cartography, creating/editing GIS data, linking spatial and tabular data, georeferencing, map projections, geospatial analysis, spatial statistics and the development of GIS models. Examples from hydrology, ecology, and geology. Prerequisite: Earth System Science 51, 53, or 55, or consent of instructor.

138 Satellite Remote Sensing for Earth System Science (4) S. Satellite remote sensing data are increasingly used to study the Earth system. Provides an overview of the principles behind remote sensing, and the types of satellite data available for study of the oceans, land, and atmosphere. Prerequisite: Earth System Science 51, 53, or 55; or consent of instructor.

144 Marine Geochemistry and Biogeochemistry (4) S. Processes controlling the major and minor element composition of seawater and element distributions in the ocean. Gas exchange, carbon dioxide system, stable isotopes, radionuclides as tracers and chronometers, particle fluxes, organic geochemistry, sediment geochemistry, global cycles of biogeochemically important elements.

164 Terrestrial Ecosystems (4) F,W,S. A mechanistic perspective of the structure and functioning of terrestrial ecosystems. Includes the mechanisms that control plant growth, hydrology and nutrient cycling, and the roles terrestrial ecosystems play in local and global biogeochemistry. Prerequisite: Biology 106 or consent of instructor. Same as Biological Sciences 118 and Environmental Analysis and Design E167. Formerly Earth System Science 120. Not offered 2004-05.

166 The Earth Surface Processes (4) S. Physical character of land surfaces. Land surface processes and global change. Tectonic deformation, gravity, fluid flow, climate, and insolation. Landforms, deformation, watershed evolution, weathering, sediment production, transport, deposition, and coastal zone evolution. Includes field expeditions. Prerequisite: Mathematics 2B or consent of instructor.

202 Terrestrial and Ocean Biogeochemistry (4) F. Biogeochemical processes which mediate the transformation of carbon, nitrogen, and other biogeochemically important elements on land and in the ocean. Topics include chemistry of soils and seawater, nutrient limitation, cycling of dissolved and particulate organic matter, and isotopes.

204 Global Hydrology and the Planetary Boundary Layer (4) F. Global hydrologic cycle and its interactions within the Earth's climate system. Precipitation, clouds and radiation, water vapor, sea surface fluxes, terrestrial hydrology. Planetary boundary layer. Surface energy and radiation budgets; temperature, humidity, and wind profiles; turbulence, neutral boundary layers, similarity theory.

218 Terrestrial and Marine Ecology (4) S. A mechanistic perspective of the structure and functioning of terrestrial and marine ecosystems. Includes the processes that control plant growth and community structure, nutrient cycling, and role of ecosystem dynamics in local and global biogeochemical cycling.

230 Physical Oceanography (4) S. Physical processes that determine the distribution of water properties such as salt and temperature. Fluid-dynamical underpinnings of physical oceanography. Wave motions. The wind-driven and thermohaline circulation. Similarities and differences between ocean and atmosphere dynamics. Prerequisites: Mathematics 2D and Physics 7A-B-E, or consent of instructor.

232 Terrestrial Hydrology (4) S. Comprehensive treatment of modern conceptual and methodological approaches to hydrological science. Combines qualitative understanding of hydrological processes with quantitative representation, approaches to measurement, and treatment of uncertainty. Major components of the hydrological cycle and their linkages within the coupled Earth system. Prerequisites: Mathematics 2D and Physics 7A-D-E or equivalent or consent of instructor. Concurrent with Earth System Science 132.

238 Analysis of Hydrologic Systems (3) F. Application of systems theory in hydrologic, land surface, and biogeochemical modeling. Design, identification, and calibration of conceptual models. Principles of dynamic systems and modeling approaches, theory of linear systems and mathematical concepts of differential calculus, theoretical concepts of parameter estimation and optimization theory. Same as Civil and Environmental Engineering CEE289.