Contributor
Rong, Yue, 1958-
Imprint:Glendale, AZ : ILM Publications, c2011.
Descriptionxxii, 269 p., [15] p. of plates : ill., ; 24 cm.
Note: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 Introduction -- 1.2 Data versus information -- 1.3 Environmental data analysis -- 1.4 Decision making for environmental management -- 1.5 SMART and OPTIMA projects: Gediz case study -- 1.6 Concluding remarks -- References -- Chapter 2 Application of Statistics in Earthquake Hazard Prediction / Endi Zhai Zhai, Endi -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Mathematical formulation -- 2.3 Earthquake intensity attenuation relations -- 2.4 An example of earthquake hazard prediction using historical seismicity data -- 2.5 Summary -- References -- Chapter 3 Adaptive Sampling of Ecological Populations / Jennifer A. Brown Brown, Jennifer A. -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Adaptive cluster sampling -- 3.3 Adaptive allocation for stratified and two-stage sampling -- 3.4 Discussion -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Chapter 4 Statistics in Environmental Policy Making and Compliance in Surface Water Quality in California, USA / Jian Peng Peng, Jian -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 Clean Water Act and Porter-Cologne Water Quality Control Act -- 4.3 Statistics in environmental standards and water quality criteria -- 4.4 Statistics in environmental sampling design -- 4.5 California State 303(d) listing policy -- 4.6 Total maximum daily loads -- 4.7 Implementation of environmental regulations -- Acknowledgements -- References -- 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 -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 Presentation of the Rennes les Bains site and water geochemistry -- 5.3 Analysis of piezometric time series -- 5.4 Evidence of the presence of a thermal convection -- 5.5 Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 6 Application of Statistics in the Evaluation and Optimisation of Environmental Sampling Plans / Meng Ling Ling, Meng, Jeff Kao Kao, Jeff -- 6.1 Introduction -- 6.2 Approach -- 6.3 Site applications -- 6.4 Summary -- References -- 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 -- 7.1 Introduction -- 7.2 Model background -- 7.3 Parameter data -- 7.4 Transport in uniform aquifers -- 7.5 Vapour intrusion of hazardous compounds into indoor air -- 7.6 Contamination of municipal well fields -- 7.7 One source simulation -- 7.8 Two, four and six source simulations -- 7.9 Conclusion -- Acknowledgement -- References -- Chapter 8 Petroleum Hydrocarbon Forensic Data and Cluster Analysis / Jun Lu Lu, Jun -- 8.1 Introduction -- 8.2 Cluster analysis -- 8.3 Types of petroleum hydrocarbons or related data for forensic analysis -- 8.4 Examples -- 8.5 Concluding remarks -- Acknowledgements -- References -- 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 -- 9.1 Introduction -- 9.2 Different types of errors -- 9.3 Anomaly detection methods -- 9.4 Construction of a virtual time series of reference -- 9.5 Case study -- 9.6 Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 10 Statistical Methods and Pitfalls in Environmental Data Analysis / Yue Rong Rong, Yue -- 10.1 Introduction -- 10.2 Estimation of percentile and confidence interval -- 10.3 Correlation coefficient -- 10.4 Regression -- 10.5 Analysis of variance -- 10.6 Data trend analysis -- 10.7 Summary and conclusions -- Acknowledgement -- References.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Note:"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.
