Practical environmental statistics and data analysis (ILM Publications, 2011)
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