Environmental Monitoring

Author : Janick Artiola,Ian Pepper,Mark L. Brusseau
Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 425 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2004-06-10
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780080491271

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Environmental Monitoring and Characterization by Janick Artiola,Ian Pepper,Mark L. Brusseau Pdf

Environmental Monitoring and Characterization is an integrated, hands-on resource for monitoring all aspects of the environment. Sample collection methods and relevant physical, chemical and biological processes necessary to characterize the environment are brought together in twenty chapters which cover: sample collection methods, monitoring terrestrial, aquatic and air environments, and relevant chemical, physical and biological processes and contaminants. This book will serve as an authoritative reference for advanced students and environmental professionals. Examines the integration of physical, chemical, and biological processes Emphasizes field methods and real-time data acquisition, made more accessible with case studies, problems, calculations, and questions Includes four color illustrations throughout the text Brings together the concepts of environmental monitoring and site characterization

Author : G. Bruce Wiersma
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 792 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2004-04-27
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780203495476

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Environmental Monitoring by G. Bruce Wiersma Pdf

The current rate and scale of environmental change around the world makes the detection and understanding of these changes increasingly urgent. Subsequently, government legislation is focusing on measurable results of environmental programs, requiring researchers to employ effective and efficient methods for acquiring high-quality data. Envi

Author : Miguel F. Acevedo
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 356 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2018-10-08
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781482240344

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Real-Time Environmental Monitoring by Miguel F. Acevedo Pdf

The natural environment is complex and changes continuously at varying paces. Many, like the weather, we notice from day to day. However, patterns and rhythms examined over time give us the bigger picture. These weather statistics become climate and help us build an understanding of the patterns of change over the long term. Real-Time Environmental Monitoring: Sensors and Systems introduces the fundamentals of environmental monitoring, based on electronic sensors, instruments, and systems that allow real-time and long-term data acquisition, data-logging, and telemetry. The book details state-of-the-art technology, using a practical approach, and includes applications to many environmental and ecological systems. In the first part of the book, the author develops a story of how starting with sensors, you can progressively build more complex instruments, leading to entire systems that end with databases and web servers. In the second part, he covers a variety of sensors and systems employed to measure environmental variables in air, water, soils, vegetation canopies, and wildlife observation and tracking. This is an emerging area that is very important to some aspects of environmental assessment and compliance monitoring. Real-time monitoring approaches can facilitate the cost effective collection of data over time and, to some extent, negate the need for sample, collection, handling, and transport to a laboratory, either on-site or off-site. It provides the tools you need to develop, employ, and maintain environmental monitors.

Author : Satinder Kaur Brar,Krishnamoorthy Hegde,Vinayak Laxman Pachapur
Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 432 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2019-09-15
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9780128146798

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Tools, Techniques and Protocols for Monitoring Environmental Contaminants by Satinder Kaur Brar,Krishnamoorthy Hegde,Vinayak Laxman Pachapur Pdf

Tools, Techniques and Protocols for Monitoring Environmental Contaminants describes information on the strategic integration of available monitoring methods with molecular techniques, with a focus on omics (DNA, RNA and protein based) and molecular imprinted polymer and nanomaterial based advanced biosensors for environmental applications. It discusses the most commonly practiced analytic techniques, such as HPLC, MS, GCMS and traditional biosensors, giving an overview of the benefits of advanced biosensors over commonly practiced methods in the rapid and reliable assessment of environmental contaminants. As environmental contaminants have become one of the serious concerns in terms of their rapid growth and monitoring in the environment, which is often limited due to costly and laborious methods, this book provides a comprehensive update on their removal, the challenges they create for environmental regulatory agencies, and their diverse effects on terrestrial and aquatic environments. Provides methods for assessing and monitoring environmental contaminants Includes recent advancement in molecular techniques Outlines rapid environmental monitoring methods Explains the use of biosensors for environmental monitoring Reviews monitoring methods beyond conventional analytic techniques

Author : David M. Nielsen
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 1328 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2005-09-28
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781420032246

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Practical Handbook of Environmental Site Characterization and Ground-Water Monitoring, Second Edition by David M. Nielsen Pdf

Published in 1991, the first edition of The Practical Handbook of Ground-Water Monitoring quickly became the gold standard reference on the topic of ground-water monitoring. But, as in all rapidly evolving fields, regulations change, technology advances, methods improve, and research reveals flaws in prior thinking. As a consequence, books that document the state of the science, even widely acknowledged definitive works, become outdated and need to be rewritten periodically to stay current. Reflecting this and renamed to highlight its wider scope, The Practical Handbook of Environmental Site Characterization and Ground-Water Monitoring, Second Edition provides an updated look at the field. Completely revised, the book contains so much new information that it has doubled in size. Containing the most up-to-date information available, this second edition emphasizes the practical application of current technology. It covers environmental site characterization and ground-water monitoring in great detail, from the federal regulations that govern environmental investigations, to the various direct and indirect methods of investigating and monitoring the subsurface, to the analysis and interpretation of complex sets of environmental data. Cheaper, better, faster was the mantra of the 1990s, resulting in more streamlined approaches to both environmental site characterization and ground-water monitoring, but also pitting the application of good science against the mandate to get a project done as quickly and inexpensively as possible. This book provides unbiased, technical discussions of the tremendously powerful tools developed in the last decade, helping environmental professionals strike a balance between good science and economics.

Author : Anne Marie Dixon
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 230 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2016-04-19
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781420014853

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Environmental Monitoring for Cleanrooms and Controlled Environments by Anne Marie Dixon Pdf

A critical technology in the science of contamination control, environmental monitoring is a technique that provides important data on the quality of a process, processing environment, and final product, which can aid scientists in identifying and eliminating potential sources of contamination in cleanrooms and controlled environments. In response

Author : Frank R Burden
Publisher : McGraw Hill Professional
Page : 688 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2002-06-18
Category : Science
ISBN : UOM:39015055454766

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Environmental Monitoring Handbook by Frank R Burden Pdf

This handbook helps you with the most pervasive activity in environmental science --taking and analyzing environmental samples from water; air or soil. --

Author : Nilgun B. Harmancioglu,S.D. Ozkul,O. Fistikoglu,Paul Geerders
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 500 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2003-10-31
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 140201399X

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Integrated Technologies for Environmental Monitoring and Information Production by Nilgun B. Harmancioglu,S.D. Ozkul,O. Fistikoglu,Paul Geerders Pdf

This book presents the proceedings and the outcomes of the NATO Advanced Research Workshop (ARW) on Integrated Technologies for Environmental Monitoring and Information Production, which was held in Marmaris, Turkey, between September 10- 14, 200 I. With the contribution of 45 experts from 20 different countries, the ARW has provided the opportunity to resolve the basic conflicts that tend to arise between different disciplines associated with environmental data management and to promote understanding between experts on an international and multidisciplinary basis. The prevailing universal problem in environmental data management (EDM) systems is the significant incoherence between data collection procedures and the retrieval of information required by the users. This indicates the presence of problems still encountered in the realization of; (1) delineation of objectives, constraints, institutional aspects of EDM; (2) design of data collection networks; (3) statistical sampling; (4) physical sampling and presentation of data; (5) data processing and environmental databases; (6) reliability of data; (7) data analysis and transfer of data into information; and (8) data accessibility and data exchange at local, regional and global scales. Further problems stem from the lack of coherence between different disciplines involved in EDM, lack of coordination between responsible agencies on a country basis, and lack of coordination on an international level regarding the basic problems and relevant solutions that should be sought.

Author : Young Kim,Ulrich Platt
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 437 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2007-10-31
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781402063640

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Advanced Environmental Monitoring by Young Kim,Ulrich Platt Pdf

This book deals with recent developments and applications of environmental monitoring technologies, with emphasis on rapidly progressing optical and biological methods. Written by worldwide experts, this book will be of interest to environmental scientists in academia, research institutes, industry and the government.

Author : Felipe Gonzalez Toro,Antonios Tsourdos
Publisher : MDPI
Page : 671 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2018-03-05
Category : Electronic books
ISBN : 9783038427537

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UAV Sensors for Environmental Monitoring by Felipe Gonzalez Toro,Antonios Tsourdos Pdf

This book is a printed edition of the Special Issue "UAV Sensors for Environmental Monitoring" that was published in Sensors

Author : G. Bruce Wiersma
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 806 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2004-04-27
Category : Nature
ISBN : 0203495470

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Environmental Monitoring by G. Bruce Wiersma Pdf

The current rate and scale of environmental change around the world makes the detection and understanding of these changes increasingly urgent. Subsequently, government legislation is focusing on measurable results of environmental programs, requiring researchers to employ effective and efficient methods for acquiring high-quality data. Focusing on pollution issues and impacts resulting from human activities, Environmental Monitoring is the first to bring together the conceptual basis behind the complex and specific approaches to the monitoring of air, water, and land. Coverage includes integrated monitoring at the landscape level, as well as case studies of existing monitoring programs such as the Chesapeake Bay Program. The book also addresses the recent legislative focus on high-quality data results and conducting monitoring programs in different ecosystems and environmental media.

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science and Technology. Subcommittee on the Environment and the Atmosphere
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 342 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 1978
Category : Environmental monitoring
ISBN : LOC:00183665741

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Environmental Monitoring by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science and Technology. Subcommittee on the Environment and the Atmosphere Pdf

Author : Ema Ekundayo
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 542 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2011-11-04
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9789533077246

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Environmental Monitoring by Ema Ekundayo Pdf

"Environmental Monitoring" is a book designed by InTech - Open Access Publisher in collaboration with scientists and researchers from all over the world. The book is designed to present recent research advances and developments in the field of environmental monitoring to a global audience of scientists, researchers, environmental educators, administrators, managers, technicians, students, environmental enthusiasts and the general public. The book consists of a series of sections and chapters addressing topics like the monitoring of heavy metal contaminants in varied environments, biolgical monitoring/ecotoxicological studies; and the use of wireless sensor networks/Geosensor webs in environmental monitoring.

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science and Technology. Subcommittee on the Environment and the Atmosphere
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 1978
Category : Environmental monitoring
ISBN : UOM:39015068113615

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Environmental Monitoring, II by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science and Technology. Subcommittee on the Environment and the Atmosphere Pdf

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science and Technology. Subcommittee on Natural Resources, Agriculture Research, and Environment
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 1985
Category : Environmental monitoring
ISBN : UCR:31210024955112

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Environmental Monitoring Improvement Act by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science and Technology. Subcommittee on Natural Resources, Agriculture Research, and Environment Pdf