Environmental Informatics: Methodology and Applications of Environmental Information Processing

✍ Scribed by L. M. Hilty, B. Page, F. J. Radermacher, W.-F. Riekert (auth.), Nicholas M. Avouris, Bernd Page (eds.)

Publisher: Springer Netherlands
Year: 1995
Tongue: English
Leaves: 450
Series: EUROCOURSES 6
Edition: 1
Category: Library

No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.

✦ Synopsis

Environmental informatics is a field of applied computer science that develops and uses the techniques of information processing for environmental protection, research and engineering. The multidisciplinary nature of environmental problems needs environmental informatics as a bridge and mediator between many disciplines and institutions. The present book presents a wide range of topics currently being pursued in the area, including basic methodological issues and typical applications. A significant number of recognised experts have contributed to the volume, discussing the methodology and application of environmental monitoring, environmental databases and information systems, GIS, modeling software, environmental management systems, knowledge-based systems, and the visualisation of complex environmental data.
For scholarly and professional practitioners of environmental management who wish to acquire well-founded knowledge of environmental information processing and specialists in applied computer science who wish to learn more about the contribution of their field to the solution of our urgent environmental problems.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-xv
Front Matter....Pages xvii-xvii
Environmental Informatics as a New Discipline of Applied Computer Science....Pages 1-11
Environmental Monitoring: Models, Methods, and Systems....Pages 13-38
Database Technologies for Environmental Data Management....Pages 39-51
Spatial Data Processing in Environmental Information Systems....Pages 53-73
Visualization of Environmental Data....Pages 75-92
Environmental Applications of Expert System Technology....Pages 93-109
Cooperating Expert Systems for Environmental Applications....Pages 111-126
Neural Nets in Environmental Applications....Pages 127-145
A Knowledge-Based Simulation Kernel System for the Design of Environmental Modelling Tools....Pages 147-160
Networking Protocols and Tools for the Environmental Science Community....Pages 161-180
Front Matter....Pages 181-181
The Contribution of Remote Sensing to the Observation, Monitoring and Protection of the Environment....Pages 183-204
Decision Making Process and Acquisition of Environmental Information....Pages 205-215
An Adaptable Architecture for River Quality Monitoring....Pages 217-235
Environmental Monitoring and Simulation....Pages 237-255
Numerical Modeling of Chemical and Meteorological Processes in the Atmospheric Boundary Layer....Pages 257-279
Statistical Methods for Dispersion Model Evaluations Application to ATMES....Pages 281-291
Object-Oriented Ecological Modelling: The Case of Lake Eutrophication....Pages 293-313
Meta Information System for Environmental Chemicals....Pages 315-336
Design of an Environmental Information System: The Greek Case....Pages 337-354
An Intelligent Distributed System for Environmental Management....Pages 355-370
Front Matter....Pages 181-181
Information Systems for Industrial Environmental Management....Pages 371-384
The Evaluation of Source Terms in the Environmental Risk Analysis of Off-Shore Oil Rigs....Pages 385-408
On the Incorporation of Safety and Environmental Considerations in the Computer-Aided Design of Novel Process Synthesis....Pages 409-427
CRAMD — A Database for Validation of Models Used in Chemical Risk Assessment....Pages 429-439
Back Matter....Pages 441-450

✦ Subjects

Environmental Management; Atmospheric Protection/Air Quality Control/Air Pollution; Computer Science, general

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