Environmental Dynamics Workbook

Matt Hipsey, Dan Paraska, Alanna Kursar, Giles Knight

Last updated: 2024-09-20

Introduction

Welcome to the Environmental Dynamics Workbook! This workbook supplements the practical component of the Environmental Dynamics unit and is designed to develop your ability to model environmental systems.

Each practical class has a corresponding module that will be added to the workbook as the semester progresses. If you are at all unfamiliar with using Excel or R, please visit the Getting Started section of this workbook before commencing the first module.

Please contact your Unit Coordinator or tutor for queries relating to this workbook, or refer to the Unit Outline on LMS for matters relating to the unit’s structure.

Contents

1. Introduction
2. Getting Started
3. Style Guide
4. Module 1 - Modelling in Excel
5. Module 2 - Biogeochemistry
6. Module 3 - Climate Modeling
7. Module 4 - Oceanic Acidification
8. Module 5a - Catchment Water Balance
9. Module 5b - Land Use and Nutrient Management
10. Module 6 - River Pollution
11. Module 7 - Lake Ecosystem Dynamics
12. Final Project
13. Learning the Tidyverse
14. Learning the base plot
15. Excel basics
16. Modelling Quokkas in R
    
17. References