Integrated technologies for environmental monitoring and information production : [proceedings of the NATO Advanced Research Workshop on Integrated Technologies for Environmental Monitoring and Information Production, Marmaris, Turkey, 10-16 September 200

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. Front Matter....Pages I-XVI Front Matter....Pages 1-1 Integrated data management: where are we headed?....Pages 3-16 The Conversion of Data Into Information for Public Participation in Decision Making Processes....Pages 17-24 Challenges in Transboundary and Transdisciplinary Environmental Data Integration in A Highly Heterogeneous and Rapidly Changing World....Pages 25-38 Information Technology and Environmental Data Management....Pages 39-52 Front Matter....Pages 53-53 Information — Integration - Inspiration....Pages 55-62 Ocean Teacher: A Capacity Building Tool For Oceanographic Data And Information Management....Pages 63-72 Front Matter....Pages 73-73 Environmental Monitoring Time Scales: From Transient Events To Long-Term Trends....Pages 75-90 Regional Streamflow Network Analysis Using the Generalized Least Square Method: A Case Study in The Kizilirmak River Basin....Pages 91-102 Automated Water Quality Monitoring In Water Distribution Networks....Pages 103-118 Entropy-based design considerations for water quality monitoring networks....Pages 119-138 Front Matter....Pages 139-139 Uncertainty In Environmental Analysis....Pages 141-158 Physics of Environmental Frequency Analysis....Pages 159-172 Assessment of Outliers in Statistical Data Analysis....Pages 173-180 Front Matter....Pages 181-181 Modern Data Types For Environmental Monitoring And Water Resources Management....Pages 183-200 Assessing the Applicability of Hydrologic Information from Radar Imagery....Pages 201-210 Integrated Satellite — Airborne Technology for Monitoring Ice Cover Parameters and Ice-Associated forms of Seals in the Arctic....Pages 211-226 Front Matter....Pages 227-227 Integrated Application Of United Kingdom National River Flow And Water Quality Databases For Estimating River Mass Loads....Pages 229-240 Integrated Multidisciplinary Marine Environmental Databases....Pages 241-248 Regional Environmental Changes: Databases And Information....Pages 249-258 Environmental Health Indicators in Europe: A Pilot Project....Pages 259-268 Front Matter....Pages 269-269 Downscaling of Continental-Scale Atmospheric Forecasts to the Scale of a Watershed for Hydrologic Forecasting....Pages 271-288 Upscaling Surface Flow Equations Depending Upon Data Availability At Different Scales....Pages 289-300 Integration of Intelligent Techniques for Environmental Data Processing....Pages 301-310 Integrated Use of Monitoring and Modeling in Water Resources Research....Pages 311-322 Spatially Distributed Prediction of Water Deficit Periods....Pages 323-338 Front Matter....Pages 339-339 Dbms/Gis Applications in Integrated Marine Data Management....Pages 341-350 The Use of Satellite Remote Sensing Data in Numerical Modeling of The North Pacific Circulation....Pages 351-368 Application of Gis Technology in Hydrometeorological Modeling....Pages 369-374 Satellite Observation Of Aral Sea....Pages 375-381 Remote Sensing of the Lacustrine Environment: Data Sources and Analysis....Pages 383-392 Front Matter....Pages 393-393 From data management to decision support....Pages 395-410 Urban Drainage, Development Planning and Catchment Flood Management - Gis Contrasts in The U.K.....Pages 411-424 Metadata As Tools for Integration of Environmental Data and Information Production....Pages 425-434 Perspective Decisions and Examples on the Access and Exchange of Data and Information Products Using Web and Xml Applications....Pages 435-448 Front Matter....Pages 449-449 Conclusions and Recommendations....Pages 451-459 Back Matter....Pages 461-477

This book focuses on the current issue of environmental data management in view of the difficulties associated with various aspects of data management, i.e., objectives and constraints, design of data collection networks, statistical and physical sampling, remote sensing and GIS, databases, reliability of data, data analysis, and transformation of data into information. The subject has an international, interdisciplinary nature and constitutes the basis for all environmental management activities.
The book presents an integrated approach to the problem, consisting of:

-integration of different levels and aspects of environmental data management;
-state-of-the-art evaluation of problems and solutions relevant to each aspect;
-integration of views and expertise of scientists from different disciplines and different countries;
-integration of interdisciplinary approaches to data collection and information retrieval.

Preface List of Contributors I: Introduction II: Objectives and Institutional Aspects of Environmental Data Management III: Design of Data Collection Networks IV: Statistical Sampling V: Physical Sampling and Presentation of Data VI: Environmental Databases VII: Data Processing, Analysis and Modeling VIII: Remote Sensing and GIS IX: Transfer of Data into Information X: Conclusions and Recommendations Subject Index List of Abbreviations and Acronyms. Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Research Workshop, Marmaris, Turkey, from 10 to 16 September 2001