This is a 4-day field course run at the Wellington Caves, Wellington, New South Wales. Each day, students will be given short lectures on the theory behind various environmental geophysical methods used in the analysis of air, water, soil, vegetation or the subsurface. This will be followed by field measurements, data processing, data analysis and presentation of the results to the class.

Methods covered will include a selection of the following techniques, depending on instrument availability: resistivity imaging of the subsurface, time-domain reflectometry measurements of soil water content, sonar streamflow measurements, optical geophysics and water quality, cavity-ringdown and off-axis mass spectrometry of gases, heat measurements of tree water use, pressure transducer measurements of water level.

This course aims to provide each student with the necessary theory and skills to undertake geophysical measurements of air, water, vegetation, soil and rock. These skills are often required in research and consulting environments in hydrology, hydrogeology, climatology and environment sciences. Students will gain a theoretical understanding of the electromagnetic, optical, gravitational, acoustic and dynamic properties of air, water, vegetation, soil and rock; practical field experience in measuring the properties of air, water, vegetation soil and rock; data analysis skills; group work experience; public presentation skills; and literature research skills.