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Environmental modelling: finding simplicity in complexity

Environmental modelling: finding simplicity in complexity
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ISBN 9780470749111
Shelf Location TD195.E58 2013
Title Environmental modelling : finding simplicity in complexity / John Wainwright, Mark Mulligan.
2nd ed.
Publisher Chichester, West Sussex Hoboken, NJ : Wiley , 2013
Description xviii, 475 p. : ill., charts, maps ; 25 cm.
Contents Model Building; Chapter 1 Introduction; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 Why model the environment?; 1.3 Why simplicity and complexity?; 1.4 How to use this book; 1.5 The book's web site; References; Chapter 2 Modelling and Model Building; 2.1 The role of modelling in environmental research; 2.2 Approaches to model building: chickens, eggs, models and parameters?; 2.3 Testing models; 2.4 Sensitivity analysis and its role; 2.5 Errors and uncertainty; 2.6 Conclusions; References. Chapter 3 Time Series: Analysis and Modelling3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Examples of environmental time series; 3.3 Frequency-size distribution of values in a time series; 3.4 White noises and Brownian motions; 3.5 Persistence; 3.6 Other time-series models; 3.7 Discussion and summary; References; Chapter 4 Non-Linear Dynamics, Self-Organization and Cellular Automata Models; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Self-organization in complex systems; 4.3 Cellular automaton models; 4.4 Case study: modelling rill initiation and growth; 4.5 Summary and conclusions; 4.6 Acknowledgements; References. Chapter 5 Spatial Modelling and Scaling Issues5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Scale and scaling; 5.3 Causes of scaling problems; 5.4 Scaling issues of input parameters and possible solutions; 5.5 Methodology for scaling physically based models; 5.6 Scaling land-surface parameters for a soil-erosion model: a case study; 5.7 Conclusion; References; Chapter 6 Environmental Applications of Computational Fluid Dynamics; 6.1 Introduction; 6.2 CFD fundamentals; 6.3 Applications of CFD in environmental modelling; 6.4 Conclusions; References. Chapter 7 Data-Based Mechanistic Modelling and the Emulation of Large Environmental System Models7.1 Introduction; 7.2 Philosophies of science and modelling; 7.3 Statistical identification, estimation and validation; 7.4 Data-based mechanistic (DBM) modelling; 7.5 The statistical tools of DBM modelling; 7.6 Practical example; 7.7 The reduced-order modelling of large computer-simulation models; 7.8 The dynamic emulation of large computer-simulation models; 7.9 Conclusions; References; Chapter 8 Stochastic versus Deterministic Approaches; 8.1 Introduction; 8.2 A philosophical perspective. 8.3 Tools and methods8.4 A practical illustration in Oman; 8.5 Discussion; References; Part II The State of the Art in Environmental Modelling; Chapter 9 Climate and Climate-System Modelling; 9.1 The complexity; 9.2 Finding the simplicity; 9.3 The research frontier; 9.4 Online material; References; Chapter 10 Soil and Hillslope (Eco)Hydrology; 10.1 Hillslope e-c-o-hydrology?; 10.2 Tyger, tyger ... ; 10.3 Nobody loves me, everybody hates me ... ; 10.4 Memories; 10.5 I'll avoid you as long as I can?; 10.6 Acknowledgements; References
Subject Environmental sciences --Mathematical models.
Other name(s) Wainwright, John
Mulligan, Mark
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