Hydrogeophysics Instrument Introductions

Description:

The Hydrogeophysics course gives students an overivew of a number of different geophysical technologies and how they can be used to study groundwater systems. The lectures focus on understanding the theory behind each measurement - how measurements are linked to Earth properties, understanding the physics of the measurements, and how the results can help better understand groundwater systems. To improve students more practical understandings - including things such as how does field equipment look, operate, and get used in practice - an online component is added to the course featuring 360 videos and accompanying quizzes.

The goal of the videos is to introduce students to the various insturmentation discussed in class by giving a walkthrough of the equipment in a field setting - where each component of the systems are discussed and the role that they play elaborated. The intent is that the videos, by filming them in the field, give a much better sense of how the systems work in practice - than could be achieved purely in the lecture.

The goal is that each week students will watch a brief 10-15 minute video discussing the relevant geophysical equipment and then complete a short quiz that touches on the main takeaways from the video.