Week 1 - Introduction to earth systems / Intro to labs,
Google Earth exploration |
Readings
Required reading for this week is Chapter 1 of the set textbook: Merali, Z. and Skinner, B.J. (2009) Visualizing Earth Science. John Wiley and Sons, New Jersey 582pp. ISBN 978-0-471-74705-5 Lecture notes:Lecture notes: slides and handouts (6 slides per page) Video recording (recorded from slide 16 onwards) Practical notes and dataPractical notes: Prac1-intro_to_google_earth (Word) or Prac1-intro_to_google_earth (PDF) Data files: Earthquakes_1.0_week_age_link | Earthquakes_2.5_month_age_link | ocean_currents | seafloor_age_topo | SeaWiFS_Chlorophyll_NDVI | UNEP - changing world Demonstrations: Demo 1 | Demo 2 | Demo 3 *Note
that some files and the appearance of some software may have
changed slightly to those presented in the practical notes and
demonstration videos. If you cannot troubleshoot the problem yourself,
please make a post to the Practical Exercises forum on the learnline Discussion Board.
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