Quantitative Methods for Current Environmental Issues
Published on 15. September 2011
Book
Paperback/Softback
X, 270 pages
978-1-4471-1171-9 (ISBN)
Description
This volume is a proceedings comprising contributions from leading researchers in the field who present the most up-to-date and practical methods for analysing and solving important environmental problems.
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Edition
Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2002
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Research
Illustrations
X, 270 p.
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 155 mm
Thickness: 16 mm
Weight
435 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4471-1171-9 (9781447111719)
DOI
10.1007/978-1-4471-0657-9
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Clive W. Anderson | Vic Barnett | Philip C. Chatwin
Quantitative Methods for Current Environmental Issues
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01/2002
Springer
€96.00
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Content
I. Spatial and Temporal Models and Methods.- 1 Modeling Spatio-Temporally Misaligned Areal and Point Process Environmental Data.- 2 Space and Space-Time Modeling using Process Convolutions.- 3 Multivariate Kriging for Interpolating with Data from Different Sources.- II. Environmental Sampling and Standards.- 4 Distance Sampling: Recent Advances and Future Directions.- 5 Setting Environmental Standards: A Statistical Approach.- III. Atmosphere and Ocean.- 6 The Interpretation and Validation of Measurements of the Ocean Wave Directional Spectrum.- 7 Thermal Energy Emission and Propagation from Accidents.- 8 Development and Application of an Extended Methodology to Validate Short-Range Atmospheric Dispersion Models.- 9 Uncertainty and Sensitivity of Dispersion Model Results to Meteorological Inputs: Two Case Studies.- IV. Risk and Uncertainty.- 10 Statistics and the Environmental Sciences: Approaches to Model Combination.- 11 Bayesian Analysis of Computer Code Outputs.- 12 The Realities of Decision Making on Risks.