Translating diverse environmental data into reliable information : how to coordinate evidence from different sources /

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Vallero, Daniel (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London, England : Academic Press, 2018.
Temas:
Environmental sciences > Statistics.
Environmental engineering > Statistics.
Knowledge management.
Quantitative research.
Knowledge Management
Sciences de l'environnement > Statistiques.
Technique de l'environnement > Statistiques.
Gestion des connaissances.
Recherche quantitative.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Real Estate > General.
Environmental engineering.
Environmental sciences.
Statistics
Statistics.
Statistiques.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Front Cover; TRANSLATING DIVERSE ENVIRONMENTAL DATA INTORELIABLE INFORMATION; TRANSLATING DIVERSE ENVIRONMENTAL DATA INTO RELIABLE INFORMATION: HOW TO COORDINATE EVIDENCE FROM DIFFERENT SOURCES; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Foreword; I
  • DATA AND THE ENVIRONMENT; 1
  • Building a New Environmental Knowledgebase; DATA-INTENSIVE SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERY; THE ROLE OF DATA IN ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; Promise and cautions; Reality: extending the allegory of the cave; Addressing uncertainty; Shifting paradigms; Applying experimental data; Metrics for selecting high-quality data and information.
  • Data precision and accuracyData and evidence; Variability; Environmental precaution; Environmental ontologies; Modularity and interoperability; References; 2
  • The Environmental Knowledge Cascade; KNOWLEDGE-BUILDING AND DECISION-MAKING; SOUND SCIENCE IN DECISION SPACE; MULTICRITERIA DECISION ANALYSIS; THE SCIENTIFIC METHOD; OBJECTIVITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; COHERENCE; References; II
  • ENVIRONMENTAL KNOWLEDGEBASES; 3
  • Stressors; INHERENCY; Convenience and bias; Addressing missing data; Pollutant transport, transformation, and fate; Receptor types; Pollutant transformation; Abiotic transformation.
  • Biotic transformationPOLLUTANT TRANSPORT; Vapor pressure; Solubility; Henry's law; INHERENT PROPERTY DATA; Chemical structure-activity data; Environmental partitioning data; Modeling data; References; 4
  • Pathways; STRESSOR COMPLEXITIES; ADVERSE OUTCOME PATHWAYS; BIOMONITORING DATA; TOXICOKINETIC DATA AND MODELS; References; 5
  • Air; PROPERTIES OF THE ATMOSPHERE; THE TROPOSPHERE; AIR POLLUTION; AIR POLLUTANT TRANSPORT AND FATE; TYPES OF AIR QUALITY DATA; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT TO THE ATMOSPHERE; EMISSIONS DATA; AMBIENT AIR QUALITY DATA; AIR EXPOSURE DATA; MODELING DATA; References.
  • Further Reading6
  • Water; PROPERTIES OF WATER SYSTEMS; HYDROLOGIC CYCLE; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF ENVIRONMENTAL FLUIDS; DISCHARGE AND FLOW AT HYDROLOGIC UNITS; STREAMFLOW EXAMPLE; PRESSURE; ACCELERATION; WATER POLLUTION; TYPES OF WATER QUALITY DATA; EFFLUENT DATA; STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL AND WATER QUALITY EXCHANGE; MODELING DATA; References; 7
  • Contaminant Storage Systems; SINKS; UNCONSOLIDATED MATERIALS; SOLID WASTE; Phase I: Initial adjustment; Phase II: Transition; Phase III: Acid formation; Phase IV: Methane fermentation; Phase V: Final maturation and stabilization; MOVEMENT WITHIN MATRICES.
  • ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS OF SOILACTIVE SEQUESTRATION; SOLID MATRIX PARTITIONING; References; III
  • MANAGING ENVIRONMENTAL KNOWLEDGE BUILDING; 8
  • Environmental Models; MODEL DEVELOPMENT; MODELS TO EXTEND DATA; TRANSPORT; Advection; Dispersion; Diffusion; Combined effect of fluxes, sinks, and sources; Biochemodynamic transport models; MODELING POLLUTANTS WITHIN AND BETWEEN ECOSYSTEMS; POLLUTANT MODELING WITHIN THE HUMAN BODY; MODEL QUALITY; Exposure and dose models; References; 9
  • Environmental Data Analysis; METRICS OF DATA RELIABILITY; DATA QUALITY AND DECISION MAKING.

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