HANDBOOK OF ENVIRONMENTAL DATA AND ECOLOGICAL PARAMETERS

By Q. CADAU

TABLE OF CONTENTS CHAPTER ENVIRONMENTAL DATA, INFORMATION AND INDICATORS FOR NATURAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT INTRODUCTION DATA VERSUS INFORMATION ENVIRONMENTAL DATA ANALYSIS DECISION MAKING FOR ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT SMART AND OPTIMA PROJECTS: GEDIZ CASE STUDY CONCLUDING REMARKS REFERENCES CHAPTER APPLICATION OF STATISTICS IN EARTHQUAKE HAZARD PREDICTION MATHEMATICAL FORMULATION EARTHQUAKE INTENSITY ATTENUATION RELATIONS AN EXAMPLE OF EARTHQUAKE HAZARD PREDICTION USING HISTORICAL SEISMICITY DATA SUMMARY ADAPTIVE SAMPLING OF ECOLOGICAL POPULATIONS ADAPTIVE CLUSTER SAMPLING ADAPTIVE ALLOCATION FOR STRATI?ED AND TWO-STAGE SAMPLING DISCUSSION ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS STATISTICS IN ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY MAKING AND COMPLIANCE IN SURFACE WATER QUALITY IN CALIFORNIA, USA CLEAN WATER ACT AND PORTER–COLOGNE WATER QUALITY CONTROL ACT STATISTICS IN ENVIRONMENTAL STANDARDS AND WATER QUALITY CRITERIA STATISTICS IN ENVIRONMENTAL SAMPLING DESIGN CALIFORNIA STATE 303(D) LISTING POLICY TOTAL MAXIMUM DAILY LOADS IMPLEMENTATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS SOLVING COMPLEX ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS USING STOCHASTIC DATA ANALYSIS: CHARACTERISATION OF A HYDROTHERMAL AQUIFER IN?UENCED BY A KARST, EXAMPLE OF RENNES LES BAINS, FRANCE PRESENTATION OF THE RENNES LES BAINS SITE AND WATER GEOCHEMISTRY ANALYSIS OF PIEZOMETRIC TIME SERIES EVIDENCE OF THE PRESENCE OF A THERMAL CONVECTION CONCLUSION APPLICATION OF STATISTICS IN THE EVALUATION AND OPTIMISATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL SAMPLING PLANS APPROACH SITE APPLICATIONS STATISTICAL ACCOUNTING FOR UNCERTAINTY IN MODELLING TRANSPORT IN ENVIRONMENTAL SYSTEMS MODEL BACKGROUND PARAMETER DATA TRANSPORT IN UNIFORM AQUIFERS VAPOUR INTRUSION OF HAZARDOUS COMPOUNDS INTO INDOOR AIR CONTAMINATION OF MUNICIPAL WELL ?ELDS ONE SOURCE SIMULATION TWO, FOUR AND SIX SOURCE SIMULATIONS ACKNOWLEDGEMENT PETROLEUM HYDROCARBON FORENSIC DATA AND CLUSTER ANALYSIS CLUSTER ANALYSIS TYPES OF PETROLEUM HYDROCARBONS OR RELATED DATA FOR FORENSIC ANALYSIS EXAMPLES ANOMALY DETECTION METHODS FOR HYDROLOGISTS, HYDROGEOLOGISTS AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERS DIFFERENT TYPES OF ERRORS ANOMALY DETECTION METHODS CONSTRUCTION OF A VIRTUAL TIME SERIES OF REFERENCE CASE STUDY CHAPTER 10 STATISTICAL METHODS AND PITFALLS IN ENVIRONMENTAL DATA ANALYSIS 101 INTRODUCTION 102 ESTIMATION OF PERCENTILE AND CON?DENCE INTERVAL 103 CORRELATION COEF?CIENT 104 REGRESSION 105 ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE 106 DATA TREND ANALYSIS 107 SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS