UNSW Handbook Course - Coastal Monitoring Techniques

Coastal Monitoring Techniques - MSCI6200


	Faculty: Faculty of Science
	School: School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences
	Contact: Albani,Alberto Domenico
	Campus: Kensington Campus
	Career: Undergraduate
	Units of Credit: 6
	Contact Hours per Week: 5
	Offered: Semester 1 2005
	Fee Band: 2

Description

General principles of surveying. Optical and electronic methods of distance and elevation measuring. Coastal position fixing. Coordinate systems and their application to coastal mapping. Map projections. Long and short term monitoring of coastal changes. Tides, their measurement.

Note: Field work of up to 4 days is a compulsory part of this course. Students will incur personal costs.

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