Pistocchi GIS Based Chemical Fate Modeling

Principles and Applications
1. Auflage 2014
ISBN: 978-1-118-52370-4
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 504 Seiten, E-Book

Explains how GIS enhances the development of chemical fateand transport models
Over the past decade, researchers have discovered thatgeographic information systems (GIS) are not only excellent toolsfor managing and displaying maps, but also useful in the analysisof chemical fate and transport in the environment. Among its manybenefits, GIS facilitates the identification of critical factorsthat drive chemical fate and transport. Moreover, GIS makes iteasier to communicate and explain key model assumptions.
Based on the author's firsthand experience in environmentalassessment, GIS Based Chemical Fate Modeling explores bothGIS and chemical fate and transport modeling fundamentals, creatingan interface between the two domains. It then explains how GISanalytical functions enable scientists to develop simple, yetcomprehensive spatially explicit chemical fate and transport modelsthat support real-world applications. In addition, the bookfeatures:
* Practical examples of GIS based model calculations that serveas templates for the development of new applications
* Exercises enabling readers to create their own GIS basedmodels
* Accompanying website featuring downloadable datasets used inthe book's examples and exercises
* References to the literature, websites, data repositories, andonline reports to facilitate further research
* Coverage of important topics such as spatial decision supportsystems and multi-criteria analysis as well as ecological and humanhealth risk assessment in a spatial context
GIS Based Chemical Fate Modeling makes a uniquecontribution to the environmental sciences by explaining how GISanalytical functions enhance the development and interpretation ofchemical fate and transport models. Environmental scientists shouldturn to this book to gain a deeper understanding of the role of GISin describing what happens to chemicals when they are released intothe environment.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Pistocchi, Alberto

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Foreword
Chapter 1. Chemicals, models and GIS: a sort of introduction
Chapter 2. Basics of chemical compartment models and their implementation with GIS functions
Chapter 3. Basics of GIS operations
Chapter 4. Map algebra
Chapter 5. Distance calculations (with contributions by P. Mazzoli)
Chapter 6. Spatial statistics and neighbourhood modeling in GIS
Chapter 7. Digital elevation models, topographic controls and hydrologic modeling in GIS
Chapter 8. Elements of dynamic modeling in GIS
Chapter 9. Metamodeling and source-receptor relationship modeling in GIS
Chapter 10. Spatial data management in GIS and the coupling of GIS and environmental models (by Ezio Crestaz)
Chapter 11. Soft computing methods for the overlaying of chemical data with other spatially varying parameters (by Alberto Pistocchi, Davide Geneletti; with contributions by Paolo Mazzoli and Ezio Crestaz)
Chapter 12. Types of data required for chemical fate modeling (by Alberto Pistocchi, Pilar Vizcaino, Christof J. Weissteiner)
Chapter 13. Retrieval and analysis of emission data
Chapter 14. Characterization of environmental properties and processes (by Alberto Pistocchi, Dimitar T. Marinov)
Chapter 15. Complex models, GIS and data assimilation
Chapter 16. The issue of monitoring data and the evaluation of spatial models of chemical fate
Chapter 17. From Fate to exposure and risk modeling with GIS (by Stefano Bagli, Alberto Pistocchi)
Chapter 18. GIS based models in practice: the Multimedia Assessment of Pollutant Pathways in the Environment (MAPPE) model (by Alberto Pistocchi, Dimitar T. Marinov)
Chapter 19. Inverse modeling and its application to water contaminants (by Alberto Pistocchi, Dimitar T. Marinov)
Chapter 20. Chemical fate and transport indicators and the modeling of contamination patterns
Conclusions

Über Autor(innen)

ALBERTO PISTOCCHI, MSc Eng, MSc Phil, PhD, is AdjunctProfessor of Spatial Decision Support Systems at the University ofTrento, Italy, and the author of several scientific contributionsto the fields of hydrology, environmental assessment, chemical fateand transport modeling, and spatial decision support systems. As aresearcher, environmental analyst, and project manager, he has beenworking for the European Commission's Joint Research Centre, theEmilia Romagna regional government, and other private and publicorganizations. He is a founding partner (2001) and the scientificdirector of GECOsistema, a research spin-off from the University ofBologna, Italy.