CMSS 6102: Seminar in Earth Systems Science

MEETING TIMES: Tuesday 3:00 to 3:50 PM, Bay Hall 1.13

FACULTY COMMUNICATION:
Lecturer: Dr. Ian MacDonald, HRI #121, ian.macdonald@tamucc.edu, 825-2234
Co-Lecturer: Dr. Philippe Tissot, ST #319F, philippe.tissot@tamucc.edu, 825-3776

Course Description:

This course focuses on developing awareness and research skills necessary for interdisciplinary studies in the sciences. Enrollment is limited to students fully admitted in the Ph.D. program in Coastal and Marine System Science. Students will work alone or in small teams to define, describe, and document the variables in typical multivariate systems. Class assignments will focus on building the students' research skills (i.e. literature searches, proposal writing, writing scientific articles, ...).

Class Links:

Link to CMSS 6102 Syllabus
Link to CMSS website
Link to NSF GPG : you can find on pages 23/24 instructions on how to put together a CV for a NSF proposal

Resources:
Earth Science Enterprise
The Sensor Revolution
U.S. Earth Observations
Comm. on Ocean Policy
Environmental Science
NSF-Complex Systems (includes link to Environmental Cyberinfrastructure report)
Remote Sensing & GIS

Readings:
1) ESS Overview: http://www.usra.edu/esse/essmp/essmp.html
2) Project Earth: http://www.earth.nasa.gov/flash_top.html
3) Teaching System Science: http://serc.carleton.edu/introgeo/earthsystem/
4) Professional Ethics Homepage: http://onlineethics.org/
5) Coastal Management: http://www.oso.tamucc.edu/coastal/

Other Links:
Something to Watch Over Us
Sea Level Changes in the Gulf of Mexico
Stream Condition Modeling
Earth System Modeling Framework
Ice Ages and Galactic Position

Link to Exple CV

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