Development and Application of Computer Techniques to Environmental Studies: 7th

SECTION 1: MATHEMATICAL MODELLING Eulerian multi-layer model for long-term atmospheric transport and deposition of sulphur and nitrogen compounds in Europe; Predictive numerical modelling of sediment transport patterns along the Ras Al-Zour Coast, Kuwait; Neural fuzzy modeling of anaerobic biological wastewater treatment systems; Modeling of the rate of oil spill disappearance from seawater ; Numerical modelling of pollutant dispersion in water systems; Prediction of species transport in urban canyons using an h-adaptive finite element method; Generating a good quality mesh for modeling diffusion. SECTION 2: POLLUTION: AIR, WATER, SOIL, NOISE, RADIATION Analysis of sequential ex-situ remediation of an encapsulated contaminated soil pile; A radiative model based on multispectral direct solar radiation measurements; Noise cancellation using the interaction of the adaptive signal enhancer and noise canceller; Oil pollution in Mediterranean Sea; Analysis of greenhouse gas emissions in The Netherlands; Meteorological variables involved in the ozone formation in the Bilbao area. SECTION 3: ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES AND ENGINEERING A data-driven expert system for producing coral bleaching agents; Describing the dispersion of pollutants near buildings under low wind-speeds: real scale and numerical results; Aircraft noise exposure: the cycle of modelling, monitoring and validation. SECTION 4: SURFACE AND GROUNDWATER HYDROLOGY Unit hydrograph uncertainty analysis; Flodro 2.0: a user friendly personal computer package for flood and drought frequency analysis; 2D hydraulic modelling of the Planas Dike failure; Water balance diagnosis supported by a discrete event and object oriented simulation framework; Mathematical model for the available phosphorus, phytoplankton and zooplankton in the Lake Ohrid; Analysis of flow reduction factors for storm-water management regulations; Solute transport in heterogeneous porous media: two-medium treatment; Rainfall-runoff modelling by two component linear model: study of the stochastic process. SECTION 5: METEOROLOGY AND CLIMATOLOGY Examining the causes and effects of downward ultraviolet irradiance reductions in Los Angeles; Condensational growth of cloud droplet on atmospheric (NH4)2SO4 particle; Atmospheric stability in Athens, Greece, during winter and summer; Ice shelf response to the global changes in ocean temperature. SECTION 6: ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT AND DECISION ANALYSIS Dose projection software; Design, construction and exploitation of the environmental information systems; The Environmental Decision Support System: a capable and versatile contribution to a community modeling and analysis system for air quality; Development and application of airborne multispectral video for natural resources management the Image Capture Unit; Application of computer software to determine water bodies assimilative capacity in effluent wastewater disposal; Software modeling applied to document authoring and compliance optimization; A contribution to inverse-distant method as a step towards a cartograph's research freedom.