Computer Programming for Geosciences (GS 543)

Course NameComputer Programming for Geosciences
Course IDGS 543
DescriptionAbout the course
SyllabusDevelopment of algorithms and flowcharts. Basic elements of FORTRAN: variables, data types, declarations. Expressions: literals, characters and strings. Arithmetic operations, order of operations, intrinsic functions. Simple inputs and outputs, Input/output formats. Conditional expressions. Logical operations. If statements. Loops. Implementation, testing/debugging. File operations: open, read, write, close. Arrays: static and dynamic array declaration, accessing array elements; arrays of strings, multidimensional array declaration. Functions and subroutines. Derived data types: definition, declaration, arrays of derived data. Modules. Programming exercises in simple numerical analysis and in geoscience application areas. Brief overview of C language.
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