Practical environmental statistics and data analysis:
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Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Glendale, AZ ILM Publications ©2011
Schriftenreihe:Advanced topics in environmental science
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Online-Zugang:FAW01
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Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references and index
"Describes the application of statistical methods in different environmental fields, with an emphasis on how to solve real-world problems in complex systems"--Provided by publisher
Chapter 1 - Enviromnental Data, Information and Indicators for Natural Resources Management - Nilgun B. Harmancioglu - Harmancioglu, Nilgun B., Cem Polat Cetinkaya - Cetinkaya, Cem Polat, Filiz Barbaros - Barbaros, Filiz - 1 -- - 1.1 - Introduction - 2 -- - 1.2 - Data versus information - 6 -- - 1.3 - Environmental data analysis - 15 -- - 1.4 - Decision making for environmental management - 34 -- - 1.5 - SMART and OPTIMA projects: Gediz case study - 41 -- - 1.6 - Concluding remarks - 58 -- - References - 63 -- - Chapter 2 - Application of Statistics in Earthquake Hazard Prediction - Endi Zhai - Zhai, Endi - 67 -- - 2.1 - Introduction - 67 -- - 2.2 - Mathematical formulation - 68 -- - 2.3 - Earthquake intensity attenuation relations - 74 -- - 2.4 - An example of earthquake hazard prediction using historical seismicity data - 74 -- - 2.5 - Summary - 78 -- - References - 79 -- - Chapter 3 - Adaptive Sampling of Ecological Populations - Jennifer A. Brown - Brown, Jennifer A.
- 81 -- - 3.1 - Introduction - 81 -- - 3.2 - Adaptive cluster sampling - 82 -- - 3.3 - Adaptive allocation for stratified and two-stage sampling - 87 -- - 3.4 - Discussion - 92 -- - Acknowledgements - 93 -- - References - 93 -- - Chapter 4 - Statistics in Environmental Policy Making and Compliance in Surface Water Quality in California, USA - Jian Peng - Peng, Jian - 97 -- - 4.1 - Introduction - 97 -- - 4.2 - Clean Water Act and Porter-Cologne Water Quality Control Act - 98 -- - 4.3 - Statistics in environmental standards and water quality criteria - 99 -- - 4.4 - Statistics in environmental sampling design - 103 -- - 4.5 - California State 303(d) listing policy - 104 -- - 4.6 - Total maximum daily loads - 108 -- - 4.7 - Implementation of environmental regulations - 110 -- - Acknowledgements - 112 -- - References - 113 -- - Chapter 5
- Solving Complex Environmental Problems Using Stochastic Data Analysis: Characterisation of a HydrothermaI Aquifer Influenced by a Karst, Example of Rennes les Bains, France - Alain Mangin - Mangin, Alain, Farid Achour - Achour, Farid - 117 -- - 5.1 - Introduction - 117 -- - 5.2 - Presentation of the Rennes les Bains site and water geochemistry - 118 -- - 5.3 - Analysis of piezometric time series - 120 -- - 5.4 - Evidence of the presence of a thermal convection - 134 -- - 5.5 - Conclusion - 135 -- - References - 136 -- - Chapter 6 - Application of Statistics in the Evaluation and Optimisation of Environmental Sampling Plans - Meng Ling - Ling, Meng, Jeff Kao - Kao, Jeff - 141 -- - 6.1 - Introduction - 141 -- - 6.2 - Approach - 142 -- - 6.3 - Site applications - 151 -- - 6.4 - Summary - 160 -- - References - 161 -- - Chapter 7 - Statistical Accounting for Uncertainty in Modelling Transport in Environmental Systems - James Weaver - Weaver, James, Jordan Ferguson
- Ferguson, Jordan, Matthew Small - Small, Matthew, Biplab Mukherjee - Mukherjee, Biplab, Fred Tillman - Tillman, Fred - 163 -- - 7.1 - Introduction - 163 -- - 7.2 - Model background - 166 -- - 7.3 - Parameter data - 168 -- - 7.4 - Transport in uniform aquifers - 171 -- - 7.5 - Vapour intrusion of hazardous compounds into indoor air - 173 -- - 7.6 - Contamination of municipal well fields - 175 -- - 7.7 - One source simulation - 180 -- - 7.8 - Two, four and six source simulations - 184 -- - 7.9 - Conclusion - 190 -- - Acknowledgement - 191 -- - References - 191 -- - Chapter 8 - Petroleum Hydrocarbon Forensic Data and Cluster Analysis - Jun Lu - Lu, Jun - 195 -- - 8.1 - Introduction - 195 -- - 8.2 - Cluster analysis - 196 -- - 8.3 - Types of petroleum hydrocarbons or related data for forensic analysis - 198 -- - 8.4 - Examples - 204 -- - 8.5 - Concluding remarks - 214 -- - Acknowledgements - 214 -- - References - 215 -- - Chapter 9
- Anomaly Detection Methods for Hydrologists, Hydrogeologists and Environmental Engineers - Farid Achour - Achour, Farid, Jean-Pierre Laborde - Laborde, Jean-Pierre, Lynda Bouali - Bouali, Lynda - 217 -- - 9.1 - Introduction - 217 -- - 9.2 - Different types of errors - 219 -- - 9.3 - Anomaly detection methods - 219 -- - 9.4 - Construction of a virtual time series of reference - 227 -- - 9.5 - Case study - 234 -- - 9.6 - Conclusion - 237 -- - References - 240 -- - Chapter 10 - Statistical Methods and Pitfalls in Environmental Data Analysis - Yue Rong - Rong, Yue - 243 -- - 10.1 - Introduction - 243 -- - 10.2 - Estimation of percentile and confidence interval - 244 -- - 10.3 - Correlation coefficient - 247 -- - 10.4 - Regression - 249 -- - 10.5 - Analysis of variance - 252 -- - 10.6 - Data trend analysis - 256 -- - 10.7 - Summary and conclusions - 258 -- - Acknowledgement - 258 -- - References - 259
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