When: September 21 - December 6, 2006
______ Mon., Wed., 9:05 - 10:55 pm
Where: ES&T 1221/1229 [dependent on day]
Office Hours: Monday from 3:00 - 4:30 pm, Thursdays from 10:00 - 11:30 am, and by appointment.
Check the Geophysics Lab (room 2235) through the corridor across from my office.
Course Objectives:
This course is to be a combination of lecture, discussion, and
computer-based usage of many of the modern tools applied to
determining and understanding ground surface deformation.
The course will specifically cover:
- Overview of traditional and advanced methods of measurement
- In detail the use of the Global Positioning System (GPS)
- Synthetic Aperture Radar Interferometry (InSAR)
- Introduction to GPS data processing to obtain sub-cm point deformation
- Introduction to InSAR processing to obtain cm-level spatial deformation
- Detailed discussions of sources of noise, including satellite orbits, atmospheric, and local ground noise
- Discussion of the theoretical background of the controls and influences of Earth surface deformation
- Computer-based analytic and 2D finite-element modeling of subsurface processes,
including fault creep, earthquake slip, magmatic inflation and ground water changes
Required Text: No required or suggested text for this course.
Class Communications: You will occasionally receive class information
via email to your prism account. Because this information may not be communicated
in class, you should be sure to read messages identified as [EAS 8803-AVN].
In emailing me for class, please add [EAS 8803-AVN] to the subject line and
if necessary
identify yourself by name in the message since not all prism accounts clearly
identify the email's author.
Evaluation:
As the goal of this course is to train upper level graduate students for research,
students are expected to come to learn in order to help better their research. Thus,
there will not be rigorous evaluation of individual homework, laboratory exercises,
nor exams, but on overall participation, completion of laboratory exercises, and a final research
project and presentation.
Academic Honesty: It is expected that all students are aware of their individual
responsibilities under the Georgia Tech Academic Honor Code, which will be
strictly adhered to in this class.
The complete text of the Academic Honor Code may be found at http://www.deanofstudents.gatech.edu/integrity/policies/honor_code.html.
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