Environmental Informatics

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xv

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2. Methodology

   1. Front Matter

      Pages xvii-xvii

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   2. Environmental Informatics as a New Discipline of Applied Computer Science

      • L. M. Hilty, B. Page, F. J. Radermacher, W.-F. Riekert

      Pages 1-11

   3. Environmental Monitoring: Models, Methods, and Systems

      • Oliver Günther, Franz Josef Radermacher, Wolf-Fritz Riekert

      Pages 13-38

   4. Database Technologies for Environmental Data Management

      • B. Page

      Pages 39-51

   5. Spatial Data Processing in Environmental Information Systems

      • Ralf Bill

      Pages 53-73

   6. Visualization of Environmental Data

      • Ralf Denzer, Harald F. Mayer, Wernfried Haas

      Pages 75-92

   7. Environmental Applications of Expert System Technology

      • K. H. Simon, A. Jaeschke, A. Manche

      Pages 93-109

   8. Cooperating Expert Systems for Environmental Applications

      • N. M. Avouris

      Pages 111-126

   9. Neural Nets in Environmental Applications

      • Hubert B. Keller

      Pages 127-145

   10. A Knowledge-Based Simulation Kernel System for the Design of Environmental Modelling Tools

       • A. Häuslein, B. Page

       Pages 147-160

   11. Networking Protocols and Tools for the Environmental Science Community

       • Marc Van Liedekerke, Arwyn Jones

       Pages 161-180

3. Applications

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 181-181

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   2. The Contribution of Remote Sensing to the Observation, Monitoring and Protection of the Environment

      • D. Rokos

      Pages 183-204

   3. Decision Making Process and Acquisition of Environmental Information

      • D. N. Asimakopoulos

      Pages 205-215

   4. An Adaptable Architecture for River Quality Monitoring

      • Hao-Nhien Pham, Thies Wittig

      Pages 217-235

   5. Environmental Monitoring and Simulation

      • J. G. Bartzis

      Pages 237-255

   6. Numerical Modeling of Chemical and Meteorological Processes in the Atmospheric Boundary Layer

      • Gunilla Svensson

      Pages 257-279

   7. Statistical Methods for Dispersion Model Evaluations Application to ATMES

      • G. Graziani

      Pages 281-291

   8. Object-Oriented Ecological Modelling: The Case of Lake Eutrophication

      • R. Codega, M. Franzi, G. Guariso, A. Rizzoli

      Pages 293-313

Environmental informatics is a field of applied computer science that develops and uses the techniques of information processing for environmental protection, research and engineering. The multidisciplinary nature of environmental problems needs environmental informatics as a bridge and mediator between many disciplines and institutions. The present book presents a wide range of topics currently being pursued in the area, including basic methodological issues and typical applications. A significant number of recognised experts have contributed to the volume, discussing the methodology and application of environmental monitoring, environmental databases and information systems, GIS, modeling software, environmental management systems, knowledge-based systems, and the visualisation of complex environmental data.
For scholarly and professional practitioners of environmental management who wish to acquire well-founded knowledge of environmental information processing and specialists in applied computer science who wish to learn more about the contribution of their field to the solution of our urgent environmental problems.

• Environmental Management
• Processing
• computer
• computer science
• database
• distributed systems
• environmental protection
• information system
• management
• modelling
• simulation
• technology
• air pollution and air quality

• Electrical Engineering Department, University of Patras, Rio Patras, Greece

  Nicholas M. Avouris

• Department of Informatics, University of Hamburg Arbeitsbereich “Angewandte und Sozialorientierte Informatik”, Hamburg, Germany

  Bernd Page

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