Integrated Technologies for Environmental Monitoring and Information Production

1. Front Matter

   Pages I-XVI

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2. Introduction

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. Integrated data management: where are we headed?

      • N. B. Harmancioglu

      Pages 3-16

   3. The Conversion of Data Into Information for Public Participation in Decision Making Processes

      • M. B. Abbott

      Pages 17-24

   4. Challenges in Transboundary and Transdisciplinary Environmental Data Integration in A Highly Heterogeneous and Rapidly Changing World

      • T. Maurer

      Pages 25-38

   5. Information Technology and Environmental Data Management

      • M. A. Santos, A. Rodrigues

      Pages 39-52

3. Objectives and Institutional Aspects of Environmental Data Management

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 53-53

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   2. Information — Integration - Inspiration

      • P. Geerders

      Pages 55-62

   3. Ocean Teacher: A Capacity Building Tool For Oceanographic Data And Information Management

      • G. Reed

      Pages 63-72

4. Design of Data Collection Networks

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 73-73

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   2. Environmental Monitoring Time Scales: From Transient Events To Long-Term Trends

      • P. H. Whitfield

      Pages 75-90

   3. Regional Streamflow Network Analysis Using the Generalized Least Square Method: A Case Study in The Kizilirmak River Basin

      • A. U. Sorman

      Pages 91-102

   4. Automated Water Quality Monitoring In Water Distribution Networks

      • Y A PAPADIMITRAKIS

      Pages 103-118

   5. Entropy-based design considerations for water quality monitoring networks

      • N. B. Harmancioglu, S. D. Ozkul

      Pages 119-138

5. Statistical Sampling

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 139-139

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   2. Uncertainty In Environmental Analysis

      • V. P. Singh, W. G. Strupczewski, S. Weglarczyk

      Pages 141-158

   3. Physics of Environmental Frequency Analysis

      • W. G. Strupczewski, V. P. Singh, S. Weglarczyk

      Pages 159-172

   4. Assessment of Outliers in Statistical Data Analysis

      • B. Onoz, B. Oguz

      Pages 173-180

6. Physical Sampling and Presentation of Data

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 181-181

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   2. Modern Data Types For Environmental Monitoring And Water Resources Management

      • G. A. Schultz

      Pages 183-200

This book presents the proceedings and the outcomes of the NATO Advanced Research Workshop (ARW) on Integrated Technologies for Environmental Monitoring and Information Production, which was held in Marmaris, Turkey, between September 10- 14, 200 I. With the contribution of 45 experts from 20 different countries, the ARW has provided the opportunity to resolve the basic conflicts that tend to arise between different disciplines associated with environmental data management and to promote understanding between experts on an international and multidisciplinary basis. The prevailing universal problem in environmental data management (EDM) systems is the significant incoherence between data collection procedures and the retrieval of information required by the users. This indicates the presence of problems still encountered in the realization of; (1) delineation of objectives, constraints, institutional aspects of EDM; (2) design of data collection networks; (3) statistical sampling; (4) physical sampling and presentation of data; (5) data processing and environmental databases; (6) reliability of data; (7) data analysis and transfer of data into information; and (8) data accessibility and data exchange at local, regional and global scales. Further problems stem from the lack of coherence between different disciplines involved in EDM, lack of coordination between responsible agencies on a country basis, and lack of coordination on an international level regarding the basic problems and relevant solutions that should be sought.

• DOM
• Environmental Management
• Extensible Markup Language (XML)
• GIS
• Geoinformationssysteme
• development
• entropy
• information
• remote sensing
• spatial data infrastructure
• hydrogeology
• remote sensing/photogrammetry

• Water Resources Management, Research and Application Center (SUMER), Dokuz Eylul University, Buca, Izmir, Turkey

  Nilgun B. Harmancioglu, Sevinc D. Ozkul, Okan Fistikoglu

• IJsselstein, The Netherlands

  Paul Geerders

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