Description |
418 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm |
Contents |
Overview: Uncertainties in Assessing the State of the Environment: An Overview of Environmental Statistics, Assessment, and Forecasting / C. Richard Cothern and N. Phillip Ross -- Ch. 1. Uncertainty Issues of the Hanford Environmental Dose Reconstruction Project / Richard O. Gilbert and Jeanne C. Simpson -- Ch. 2. Decreased Sampling Costs and Improved Accuracy with Composite Sampling / Steven D. Edland and Gerald van Belle -- Ch. 3. Environmental Chemistry, Statistical Modeling, and Observational Economy / G.P. Patil, S.D. Gore and A.K. Sinha -- Ch. 4. Predictive Models of Fish Response to Acidification: Using Bayesian Inference to Combine Laboratory and Field Measurements / William J. Warren-Hicks and Robert L. Wolpert -- Ch. 5. A New Approach for Accommodation of Below Detection Limit Data in Trend Analysis of Water Quality / Neerchal K. Nagaraj and Susan L. Brunenmeister -- Ch. 6. Spatial Chemostatistics / Noel Cressie -- Ch. 7. Design of the Clean Air Act Deposition Monitoring Network / David M. Holland, Ralph Baumgardner, Tim Haas and Gary Oehlert -- Ch. 8. National Air Quality and Emissions Trends / Barbara A. Beard and Warren P. Freas -- Ch. 9. Statistical Issues for Development Toxicity Data / David W. Gaylor -- Ch. 10. Measuring Carcinogenic Potency / M.J. Goddard, Daniel Krewski and Yiliang Zhu -- Ch. 11. Environmental Pollution and Human Health: An Epidemiology Perspective / Joel Schwartz -- Ch. 12. Soil Quality as a Component of Environmental Quality / Michael A. Cole -- Ch. 13. Gauging the Future Challenges for Environmental Management: Some Lessons from Organizations with Effective Outlook Capabilities / Mark A. Boroush -- Ch. 14. Creating Strategic Visions / Charles W. Taylor -- Ch. 15. Exploring Future Environmental Risks / David W. Rejeski -- Ch. 16. Geographic Information Systems (GIS) for Environmental Decision Making / Alvin M. Pesachowitz -- Ch. 17. Mechanisms to Access Information About Spatial Data / Eliot J. Christian and Timothy L. Gauslin -- Ch. 18. The Quality of Environmental Databases / David A. Marker and Svetlana Ryaboy -- Ch. 19. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) National Status and Trends Mussel Watch Program: National Monitoring of Chemical Contamination in the Coastal United States / Thomas P. O'Connor -- Ch. 20. Some Problems of "Safe Dose" Estimation / Asit P. Basu, Gary F. Krause, Kai Sun, Mark Ellersieck and Foster J. Mayer, Jr. -- Ch. 21. Where Next? Adaptive Measurement Site Selection for Area Remediation / H.T. David and Seongmo Yoo -- Ch. 22. The Center for Environmental Statistics: Interim Status and Vision of Products / Brand Niemann, Carroll Curtis and Eleanor Leonard -- Conclusion: Environmental Statistics: Where Do We Go From Here? / N. Philip Ross and C. Richard Cothern. |
Note |
Report of the Symposium on Environmental Statistics, Assessment, and Forecasting held by the Environmental Division of the American Chemical Society in Washington, D.C. on Aug. 26, 1992. |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Subject |
Environmental sciences -- Statistical methods.
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Environmental policy.
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Added Author |
Cothern, C. Richard.
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Ross, N. Phillip.
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Symposium on Environmental Statistics, Assessment, and Forecasting (1992 : Washington, D.C.)
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ISBN |
0873719360 (acid-free paper) |
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