Modelling of Pollutants in Complex Environmental Systems, Volume I

Grady HanrahanHardback

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环境建模有着悠久的传统，但有一个明确的需求是不断解决这些模型的力量和局限性，以及它们的定量评估。这本书展示了现代环境建模方法，他们背后的基本理论和他们纳入复杂的环境调查。它突出了先进的计算技术，以及它们如何导致前所未有的和自适应的建模、模拟和决策支持工具，以研究复杂的环境系统，以及如何将它们应用于当前的环境问题。

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由全球专家贡献的章节，书涵盖了模拟空气，水，土壤和生物系统的不同方面，并包括一个颜色部分，使更大的理解所讨论的主题。对于在环境建模的各个方面都有既得利益的学术界、工业界和政府相关机构的研究人员来说，这是必不可少的阅读。

Table of Contents

Part I Aquatic Modelling and Uncertainty
Chapter 1 Useless Arithmetic? Lessons Learnt from Aquatic Biogeochemical Modelling
George B. Arhonditsis

Chapter 2 Developing Artificial Neural Networks for Water Quality Modelling and Analysis
R.J. May, H.R. Maier and G.C. Dandy

Part II Hydrology-Based Modelling and Pollutant Loading
Chapter 3 Catchment Scale Assessment of Phosphorus Loading: Evolution of the Export Coefficient Modelling Approach
Sarah Muliadi, Lyra Porcasi, Alex Sherbetjian and Grady Hanrahan

Chapter 4 Modelling Water Quality Impacts of Stormwater Runoff: Why Hydrologic Models are Insufficient
A. Jones-Lee and G. Fred Lee

Part III Subsurface Modelling and Pollutant Transport in Soils
Chapter 5 Pollutant Fate and Transport in the Subsurface
Laurin Wissmeier, Alessandro Brovelli, Clare Robinson, Frank Stagnitti and D.A. Barry

Chapter 6 Modelling Metal Sorption in Soils
Jon Petter Gustafsson

Chapter 7 A GIS-Enabled Hierarchical Patch Dynamics Paradigm for Modelling Complex Groundwater Systems across Multiple Spatial Scales
Shu-Guang Li, Huasheng Liao, Soheil Afshari, Mehmet Oztan, Hassan Abbas and Richard Mandle

Part IV Uncertainty in Bioaccumulation Modelling
Chapter 8 Bayesian Approaches to Characterise Uncertainty and Variability in Biological and Environmental Models and Risk Assessment
Karen H. Watanabe and Hsin-i Lin

Part V Air Quality Modelling and Sensitivity Analysis
Chapter 9 Sensitivity Analysis Methods in Air Quality Models
Dacian N. Daescu

Chapter 10 Modelling of Pollutants in Atmospheric Environmental Systems
Roberto San José, Juan L. Pérez, Jose L. Morant and Rosa M. González

Chapter 11 Statistical Models for Predicting Ozone and PM10Concentrations
F.G. Martins, J.C.M. Pires and S.I.V. Sousa

Chapter 12 Photochemical Smog Modelling for Ozone Air Quality Management
Kim Oanh Nguyen Thi and Didin Agustian Permadi

Appendix WinBUGS files
Index

Author Biography

Grady Hanrahan received his PhD training in environmental analytical chemistry from the University of Plymouth, UK. With experience in directing undergraduate and graduate research, he has taught in the fields of environmental science and analytical chemistry at California State University, Los Angeles, and California Lutheran University. He is the author of Environmental Chemometrics: Principles and Modern Applications (CRC Press, 2009), and has written or co-written over 30 peer-reviewed technical papers. He is actively engaged in employing environmental modelling activities in his research and teaching efforts.