Environmental Modelling

Finding Simplicity in Complexity

John Wainwright, Mark Mulligan

408 pages, parution le 09/12/2003

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Simulation models are increasingly used to investigate processes and solve practical problems in a wide variety of disciplines eg. climatology, ecology, hydrology, geomorphology, engineering. Environmental Modelling: A Practical Approach addresses the development, testing and application of such models, which apply across traditional boundaries, and demonstrate how interactions across these boundaries can be beneficial.

Provides a general overview of methods and approaches as well as focusing on key subject areas written by leading practitioners in the field
Assesses the advantages and disadvantages of different models used and provides case studies supported with data, output, tutorial exercises and links to the model and/or model applications via the book's website
Covers major developments in the field, eg. the use of GIS and remote sensing techniques, and scaling issues
As associated website contains colour images, as well as links to www resources

Introduction (John Wainwright and Mark Mulligan)
Section A: Modelling and Model Building
- Modelling and Model Building (John Wainwright and Mark Mulligan)
Section B: The State of the Art in Environmental Modelling
- Climate and Climate System Modelling (L D Danny Harvey)
- Soil and Hillslope Hydrology (Andrew Baird)
- Catchment Hydrology (Mark Mulligan)
- Modelling Fluvial Processes and Interactions (Katerina Michaelides and John Wainwright)
- Modelling the Ecology of Plants (Colin P Osbourne)
- Spatial Population Models for Animals (George L W Perry and Nick R Bond)
- Ecosystem Modelling: Vegetation and Disturbance (Stefano Mazzoleni, Francisco Rego, Francesco Giannino and Colin Legg)
- Erosion and Sediment Transport (John N Quinton)
- Modelling Slope Instability (Andrew Collison and James Griffiths)
- Finding simplicity in complexity in biogeochemical modelling (Harald Sverdrup and Hördur Haraldsson)
- Modelling human decision making (John Wainwright and Mark Mulligan)
- Modelling land-use change (Eric F Lambin)
Section C: Models for Management
- Models in Policy Formulation and Assessment: The WADBOS decision support system (Guy Engelen)
- Decision Support Systems for Managing Water Resources (Sophia Burke)
- Soil Erosion and Conservation (Mark A Nearing)
- Modelling in Forest Management (Mark J Twery)
- Stability and Instability in the Management of Mediterranean Desertification (John B Thornes)
Section D: Current and Future Developments
- Scaling Issues in Environmental Modelling (Xiaoyang Zhang, Nick A Drake and John Wainwright)
- Environmental Applications of Computational Fluid Dynamics (Nigel G Wright and Chris J Baker)
- Self-Organization and Cellular Automata Models (David Favis-Mortlock)
- Data-Based Mechanistic Modelling and the Simplification of Environmental Systems (Peter C Young, Arun Chotai and Keith J Beven)
- Pointers for the Future (John Wainwright and Mark Mulligan)

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Éditeur(s)	Wiley
Auteur(s)	John Wainwright, Mark Mulligan
Parution	09/12/2003
Nb. de pages	408
Format	19 x 24,5
Couverture	Broché
Poids	930g
Intérieur	Noir et Blanc
EAN13	9780471496182
ISBN13	978-0-471-49618-2