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This book focuses on the current issue of environmental data management in view of the difficulties associated with various aspects of data management, i.e., objectives and constraints, design of data collection networks, statistical and physical sampling, remote sensing and GIS, databases, reliability of data, data analysis, and transformation of data into information. The subject has an international, interdisciplinary nature and constitutes the basis for all environmental management activities. The book presents an integrated approach to the problem, consisting of: -integration of different levels and aspects of environmental data management; -state-of-the-art evaluation of problems and solutions relevant to each aspect; -integration of views and expertise of scientists from different disciplines and different countries; -integration of interdisciplinary approaches to data collection and information retrieval.

Preface

ix

List of Contributors

xiii

Part I. Introduction

Integrated Data Management: Where are We Headed?

3

(14)

N. B. Harmancioglu

The Conversion of Data into Information for Public Participation in Decision Making Processes

17

(8)

M. B. Abbott

Challenges in Transboundary and Transdisciplinary Environmental Data Integration in a Highly Heterogeneous and Rapidly Changing World

25

(14)

T. Maurer

Information Technology and Environmental Data Management

39

(16)

M. Santos

A. Rodrigues

Part II. Objectives and Institutional Aspects of Environmental Data Management

Information-Integration-Inspiration

55

(8)

P. Geerders

Ocean Teacher: A Capacity Building Tool for Oceanographic Data and Information Management

63

(12)

G. Reed

Part III. Design of Data Collection Networks

Environmental Monitoring Time Scales: From Transient Events to Long-Term Trends

75

(16)

P.H. Whitfield

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

91

(12)

A.U. Sorman

Automated Water Quality Monitoring in Water Distribution Networks

103

(16)

Y.A. Papadimitrakis

Entropy-Based Design Considerations for Water Quality Monitoring Networks

119

(22)

N. B. Harmancioglu

S. D. Ozkul

Part IV. Statistical Sampling

Uncertainty in Environmental Analysis

141

(18)

V.P. Singh

W.G. Strupczewski

S. Weglarczyk

Physics of Environmental Frequency Analysis

159

(14)

W.G. Strupczewski

V.P. Singh

S. Weglarczyk

Assessment of Outliers in Statistical Data Analysis

173

(10)

B. Onoz

B. Oguz

Part V. Physical Sampling and Presentation of Data

Modern Data Types for Environmental Monitoring and Water Resources Management

183

(18)

G.A. Schultz

Assessing the Applicability of Hydrologic Information from Radar Imagery

201

(10)

F.P. De Troch

N.E.C. Verhoest

V.R.N. Pauwels

R. Hoeben

Integrated Satellite -- Airborne Technology for Monitoring Ice Cover Parameters and Ice-Associated Forms of Seals in the Arctic

211

(18)

V.V. Melentyev

V.I. Chernook

L.H. Pettersson

Part VI. Environmental Databases

Integrated Application of United Kingdom National River Flow and Water Quality Databases for Estimating River Mass Loads

229

(12)

I. G. Littlewood

Integrated Multidisciplinary Marine Environmental Databases

241

(8)

V.L. Vladimirov

V.G. Lyubartsev

V.V. Miroshnichenko

Regional Environmental Changes: Databases and Information

249

(10)

K.A. Karimov

R.D. Gainutdinova

Environmental Health Indicators in Europe: A Pilot Project

259

(30)

D. Dalbokova

M. Krzyzanowski

Part VII. Data Processing, Analysis and Modeling

Downscaling of Continental-Scale Atmospheric Forecasts to the Scale of a Watershed for Hydrologic Forecasting

271

(18)

M.L. Kavvas

Z. Chen

M. Anderson

Upscaling Surface Flow Equations Depending Upon Data Availability at Different Scales

289

(12)

G. Tayfur

Integration of Intelligent Techniques for Environmental Data Processing

301

(10)

E. Charou

N. Vassilas

S. Perantonis

S. Varoufakis

Integrated Use of Monitoring and Modeling in Water Resources Research

311

(12)

K. Havnø

H. Madsen

V. Babovic

Spatially Distributed Prediction of Water Deficit Periods

323

(18)

G. Mendicino

Part VIII. Remote Sensing and GIS

DBMS/GIS Applications in Integrated Marine Data Management

341

(10)

N. N. Mikhailov

A. A. Vorontsov

The Use of Satellite Remote Sensing Data in Numerical Modeling of the North Pacific Circulation

351

(18)

V. Kuzin

V. Moiseev

A. Martynov

Application of GIS Technology in Hydrometeorological Modeling

369

(6)

A. Vorontsov

V. Plotnikov

E. Fedorova

Y. Zhukov

Satellite Observation of Aral Sea

375

(8)

S.V. Stanichny

D.M. Soloviev

V.M. Burdugov

Yu.B. Ratner

R.R. Stanichnaya

U. Horstman

Remote Sensing of the Lacustrine Environment: Data Sources and Analysis

383

(12)

S.V. Semovski

Part IX. Transfer of Data into Information

From Data Management to Decision Support

395

(16)

K. Fedra

Urban Drainage, Development Planning and Catchment Flood Management -- GIS Contrasts in the U.K.

411

(14)

J. C. Packman

Metadata as Tools for Integration of Environmental Data and Information Production

425

(10)

E. Vyazilov

N. Mikhailov

V. Ibragimova

N. Puzova

Perspective Decisions and Examples on the Access and Exchange of Data and Information Products Using Web and XML Applications

435

(16)

V.M. Shaimardanov

N. N. Mikhailov

A. A. Vorontsov

Part X. Conclusions and Recommendations

Conclusions and Recommendations

451

(10)

N.B. Harmancioglu

P. Geerders

O. Fistikoglu

Subject Index

461

(12)

List of Abbreviations and Acronyms

473

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