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OLD LABS REPOSITORY. Here are the NEW LABS.

This table contains labs that are provided in the new format.

Labs
	Permafrost Modeling: where does permafrost occur? What is permafrost and how do you make a first-order prediction about permafrost occurrence. This is lesson 1 in a mini-course on permafrost, this lab uses the Air Frost Number and annual temperature data to predict permafrost occurrence. Model permafrost occurence in a Jupyter Notebook
	Permafrost Modeling: the Active Layer Explore what is active layer depth and the effects of snow and soil water content on permafrost. This is lesson 2 in a mini-course on permafrost. It employs a 1D configuration of the Kudryavtsev model. Model active layer thickness and its controls
	Permafrost Modeling: making maps from gridded climate data Using the Frost number code and grids of climate input data, one can make predictions of permafrost occurrence over the last century in Alaska. This is lesson 3 in a mini-course on permafrost. Create maps of permafrost using climate reanalysis grids in WMT
	Permafrost Modeling: looking at future permafrost with climate models Using the Frost number code and grids of climate model input data (CMIP5), allows you to map predictions of permafrost occurrence. This is lesson 4 in a mini-course on permafrost. What would permafrost look like at the end of the 21st century?
	Sediment Supply to the Global Ocean Investigate river sediment supply to the ocean by exploring the effects of climate changes on river fluxes. We also look at the effect of humans on rivers: the building of a reservoir. Spreadsheet Lab or the HydroTrend Modeling
	Future Sediment Flux of the Ganges River Investigate river sediment supply of the monsoon-driven Ganges River. Exploring the effects of future climate changes. We validate model against observations and discuss uncertainty. Ganges Modeling
	River-Delta Interactions Explore coastal processes by 1) a spreadsheet lab or 2) an advanced modeling lab using the CEM model. We look at the effects of waves and river avulson on the coastline. Spreadsheet Lab or the CEM WMT modeling

This table contains old labs that still need to be updated to run in the new system

Labs
	Get Started with the Unix Shell These lessons will show you how to navigate and manipulate files and the file system through the Unix Shell and the basics of cluster computing. These skills are fundamental for using the CSDMS HPCC. Shell Tutorial
	Get Started with Python These lessons cover the basics of using Python 2.7 for numerical modeling. Some previous experience in scientific programming is helpful but not necessary. Python Tutorial
	Get Started with Version Control These lessons teach you the basics of Version Control using git and Github. Version Control Tutorial
	Hydrology and Energy Balance Introduction to hydrological process modeling. Learn about incoming solar radiation and the effects of watershed latitude, and local slopes and aspects on the energy balance. Hydrology Modeling with WMT
	Hydrology and Flow Routing Learn about flow routing over a landscape and basic algorithms for numerical modeling of combined hillslope and river sediment transport processes. WMT Modeling Exercise on flow routing
	Stream Response to Rain Introduction to hydrological process modeling. Learn about stream responses to different rainfall events. Explore hydrographs. Modeling Stream Response to Rainfall
	Spreadsheets on Hydrological Processes These spreadsheet exercises for undergraduate students explore the main components of the water balance: precipitation, evaporation and infiltration. Exercise on Evaporation Exercise on Infiltration
	Barrier Island and Salt Marsh Dynamics Look at model simulations to explore the effects of sea level rise, river water and sediment influx and storm activity on coastal dynamics. With lesson plan and activities for high school students and first year undergraduate students. Start the activity
	ROMS-Lite Modeling: learning about grids A basic configuration of the Regional Ocean Modeling System is designed for inexperienced modelers to look at a river plume affecting the coastal ocean and sediment transport. Learn about ROMS in WMT
	ROMS-Lite Modeling: settling rates and shear stress A basic configuration of the Regional Ocean Modeling System is designed for inexperienced modelers to look at sediment settle rates and shear stress in the coastal ocean. Learn about ROMS in WMT
	ROMS-Lite Modeling: wave forcing A basic configuration of the Regional Ocean Modeling System with special focus on the effect of waves on bed stresses and sediment transport in the coastal ocean. Learn about waves with ROMS
	ROMS-Lite Modeling: river forcing A basic configuration of the Regional Ocean Modeling System with special focus on the effect of varying river inflow in the coastal ocean. Learn about flood discharge and ocean conditions with ROMS
	Modeling River Plumes Riverwater and its suspended sediments will form a hypopycnal sediment plume. We will use a component called PLUME to investigate the behavior of these sediment plumes. Plume Modeling with WMT
	Sinking Deltas Deltas experience rapid sea level rise. These spreadsheet exercises explore thermal expansion, global sea-level rise and local relative sea-level rise and its causes in selected major deltas. For undergraduate level classes. Notes for students and instructors and spreadsheet exercise
	Stratigraphic Modeling with Sedflux2D SedFlux builds stratigraphy by combining fluvial processes, plume dynamics, ocean waves and many more. This lab teaches you about Sedflux 2d and gets you started building 2D profile simulations of sea level change. Stratigraphy Modeling in 2Dwith WMT
	Stratigraphic Modeling with Sedflux3D SedFlux builds stratigraphy by combining fluvial processes, plume dynamics,avulsion, compaction and many more. This lab teaches you about Sedflux 3d and gets you started with sea level change and avulsions. Stratigraphy Modeling in 3D with WMT
	Landscape Evolution Experiments WILSIM is a Web-based Interactive Landform Simulation Model. Look at the effects of landscape geometry, climate and tectonics and see how the Grand Canyon forms over time. WILSIM runs through your browser here
	Coastal Engineering Experiments Explore waves, surge, tides and sediment transport with hands-on exercises and simple model visualizations. Find them here Coastal Processes Toolbox of Tony Dalrymple
	Hydraulics and Sediment Transport Calculations Explore hydraulics, pipe flow and sediment transport with hands-on calculation and simple model visualizations. Find them here VLab of Victor Miguel Ponce
	Landscape Evolution Modeling with CHILD, Part 1 Introduction to landscape evolution modeling with CHILD in WMT. Part 1 covers continuity of mass and discretization, and gravitational hillslope transport. Matlab is required to visualize the model output.
	Landscape Evolution Modeling with CHILD, Part 2 Introduction to landscape evolution modeling with CHILD in WMT. Part 2 covers rainfall, runoff and drainage networks and hydraulic geometry. Matlab is required to visualize the model output.
	Landscape Evolution Modeling with CHILD, Part 3 More landscape evolution modeling with CHILD in WMT. Part 3 covers erosion and transport by running water, multiple grain sizes, and the Ten Commandments of Landscape Evolution Modeling. Matlab is required to visualize the model output.
	River Dynamics and Vegetation labs for K6-12 Lectures show basics of river water and sediment transport, focused on a small river in the Arid West, the Rio Puerco. Associated hands-on labs look at the complex interactions of the biosphere and hydrosphere. Materials are posted here .
	Agent-Based Models for Earth Surface Processes Want to learn more about human dimensions? Check out the 'Swidden Agricultural Model', the 'Commons model' and the Wealth Distribution models as examples of ABM COMSES models are found here.'
	Modeling Uncertainty in Earth Sciences A set of 5 labs on different aspects of model uncertainty: basic statistics, decision making, variograms, and sensitivity testing. This is material designed by Jef Caers and accompagnies his textbook.
	Earth Science Models for K6-12 The PhET project at CU Boulder has built numerous interactive simulations to which CSDMS scientists contribute. These are for K6-12 classrooms! PhET Earth Science simulations are found here.