Translating diverse environmental data into reliable information :
Vallero, Daniel,
Translating diverse environmental data into reliable information : how to coordinate evidence from different sources / Daniel Vallero. - 1 online resource (487 pages) : illustrations (some color)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
0128124474 9780128124475
Environmental sciences--Statistics.
Environmental engineering--Statistics.
Knowledge management.
Quantitative research.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS--Real Estate--General.
Environmental engineering.
Environmental sciences.
Knowledge management.
Quantitative research.
Electronic books.
Statistics.
HD30.2
658.4038
Translating diverse environmental data into reliable information : how to coordinate evidence from different sources / Daniel Vallero. - 1 online resource (487 pages) : illustrations (some color)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
0128124474 9780128124475
Environmental sciences--Statistics.
Environmental engineering--Statistics.
Knowledge management.
Quantitative research.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS--Real Estate--General.
Environmental engineering.
Environmental sciences.
Knowledge management.
Quantitative research.
Electronic books.
Statistics.
HD30.2
658.4038