Ebook: geoENV III — Geostatistics for Environmental Applications: Proceedings of the Third European Conference on Geostatistics for Environmental Applications held in Avignon, France, November 22–24, 2000

This volume contains selected contributions from geoENV III - the Third European Conference on Geostatistics for Environmental Sciences, held in Avignon, France in November 2000.
This third book of the geoENV series illustrates the new methodological developments in geostatistics, as applied to environmental sciences, which have occurred during the last two years. It also presents a wide variety of practical environmental applications which will be of interest to both researchers and practitioners.
The book starts with two keynote papers on hydrogeology and on climatology and atmospheric pollution, followed by forty contributions. The content of this book is foremost practical. The editors have endeavored to compile a set of papers in which the readers could perceive how geostatistics is applied within environmental sciences. A few selected methodological and theoretical contributions are also included. The papers are organised in the following sections:

• Air Pollution / Climate;
• Environment;
• Health / Ecology;
• Hydrology;
• Methods;
• Soil Science / Site Remediation.

presenting applications varying from delineation of hazardous areas, monitoring water quality, space-time modeling of sand beaches, areal rainfall estimation, air pollution monitoring, multivariate conditional simulation, soil texture analysis, fish abundance analysis, tree productivity index estimation, radionuclide migration analysis, wombling procedure, tracer tests modeling, direct sequential co-simulation to stochastic modeling of flow and transport.
Audience: This publication will be of great interest and practical value to geostatisticians working both in academia and in industry.

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This volume contains selected contributions from geoENV III - the Third European Conference on Geostatistics for Environmental Sciences, held in Avignon, France in November 2000.
This third book of the geoENV series illustrates the new methodological developments in geostatistics, as applied to environmental sciences, which have occurred during the last two years. It also presents a wide variety of practical environmental applications which will be of interest to both researchers and practitioners.
The book starts with two keynote papers on hydrogeology and on climatology and atmospheric pollution, followed by forty contributions. The content of this book is foremost practical. The editors have endeavored to compile a set of papers in which the readers could perceive how geostatistics is applied within environmental sciences. A few selected methodological and theoretical contributions are also included. The papers are organised in the following sections:

• Air Pollution / Climate;
• Environment;
• Health / Ecology;
• Hydrology;
• Methods;
• Soil Science / Site Remediation.

presenting applications varying from delineation of hazardous areas, monitoring water quality, space-time modeling of sand beaches, areal rainfall estimation, air pollution monitoring, multivariate conditional simulation, soil texture analysis, fish abundance analysis, tree productivity index estimation, radionuclide migration analysis, wombling procedure, tracer tests modeling, direct sequential co-simulation to stochastic modeling of flow and transport.
Audience: This publication will be of great interest and practical value to geostatisticians working both in academia and in industry.

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This volume contains selected contributions from geoENV III - the Third European Conference on Geostatistics for Environmental Sciences, held in Avignon, France in November 2000.
This third book of the geoENV series illustrates the new methodological developments in geostatistics, as applied to environmental sciences, which have occurred during the last two years. It also presents a wide variety of practical environmental applications which will be of interest to both researchers and practitioners.
The book starts with two keynote papers on hydrogeology and on climatology and atmospheric pollution, followed by forty contributions. The content of this book is foremost practical. The editors have endeavored to compile a set of papers in which the readers could perceive how geostatistics is applied within environmental sciences. A few selected methodological and theoretical contributions are also included. The papers are organised in the following sections:

• Air Pollution / Climate;
• Environment;
• Health / Ecology;
• Hydrology;
• Methods;
• Soil Science / Site Remediation.

presenting applications varying from delineation of hazardous areas, monitoring water quality, space-time modeling of sand beaches, areal rainfall estimation, air pollution monitoring, multivariate conditional simulation, soil texture analysis, fish abundance analysis, tree productivity index estimation, radionuclide migration analysis, wombling procedure, tracer tests modeling, direct sequential co-simulation to stochastic modeling of flow and transport.
Audience: This publication will be of great interest and practical value to geostatisticians working both in academia and in industry.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xv
On the Contribution of Hydrogeology to Advances in Geostatistics....Pages 1-16
Advances in Modeling and Inference for Environmental Processes with Nonstationary Spatial Covariance....Pages 17-32
Ordinary and Indicator Kriging of Monthly Mean Nitrogen Dioxide Concentrations in the United Kingdom....Pages 33-44
Total Air Pollution And Space-Time Modelling....Pages 45-56
Geostatistical Interpolation of Rainfall in Mountainous Areas....Pages 57-66
Incorporating Information from a Digital Elevation Model for Improving the Areal Estimation of Rainfall....Pages 67-78
Robust Predictions of Rainfall in Navarre, Spain....Pages 79-90
Powering an Egyptian Air Quality Information System with the Bayesian Maximum Entropy Space/Time Analysis Toolbox: Results From the Cairo Baseline Year Study....Pages 91-100
Space-Time Modelling Of Sand Beach Data: A Geostatistical Approach....Pages 101-111
Identification of Regional Variability Component by Geostatistical Analysis of Stream Sediments....Pages 113-123
Delineation of Hazardous Areas and Additional Sampling Strategy in Presence of a Location-Specific Threshold....Pages 125-136
Local Interpolation of Some Chemical Parameters After the Removal of the Aznalcollar Mine Spill Sludge (South-West Spain)....Pages 137-147
Geostatistical Evaluation of a Monitoring Strategy for Water Quality Assessment....Pages 149-156
Application of Data Assimilation to Three-Dimensional Hydrodynamics: the Case of the Odra Lagoon....Pages 157-168
Geostatistical Characterization of a Pine Tree Productivity Index....Pages 169-179
Impact of Local Pollution on Fish Abundance Using Geostatistical Simulations....Pages 181-191
An Application of Geostatistical and GIS Techniques to Indoor Radon Risk Mapping....Pages 193-203
Stochastic Flow and Transport Simulations of a Three-Dimensional Tracer Test in Moderately Fractured Plutonic Rock....Pages 205-216
A Probabilistic and Conditional Approach for Delineating the Extent of a Contamination Plume within an Aquifer....Pages 217-226
Geostatistical Modeling of Tracer Tests in a Single Fracture. Calibration of Transport Parameters....Pages 227-237
Radial Flow in a Bounded Randomly Heterogeneous Aquifer with Recharge....Pages 239-250
Uncertainty and Sensitivity Analyses for Contaminant Transport Models Based on Conditional Indicator Simulations....Pages 251-261
Analysis of Radionuclide Migration in Rock Fractures with Heterogeneous Matrix Diffusion....Pages 263-274
Probability Field Algorithm for Multivariate Conditional Simulation....Pages 275-285
Analysing Positive-Valued Spatial Data: the Transformed Gaussian Model....Pages 287-298
Kriging for Cut-Offs and Other Difficult Problems....Pages 299-310
Detecting Regions of Abrupt Change: Wombling Procedure and Statistical Significance....Pages 311-322
Average Length of Objects Defined from Binary Realizations: Effects of Discretization and Covariance Parameters....Pages 323-332
A Positive Definite Estimator of the Non Stationary Covariance of Random Fields....Pages 333-344
Variogram-Derived Measures of Textural Image Classification....Pages 345-355
Which Experimental Variogram for the Structural Inference: A Methodological Study....Pages 357-368
Parameter Uncertainty in Spatial Prediction: Checking its Importance by Cross-Validating the Wolfcamp and Rongelap Data Sets....Pages 369-380
Direct Sequential Co-Simulation: A New Stochastic Modelling for Environmental Applications....Pages 381-391
Change of Support for Environmental Indicators....Pages 393-404
Bayesian Conditioning of a Random Field to Point Measurements....Pages 405-416
Factorial Kriging Applied to the Study of Industrial Contaminated Soils....Pages 417-428
Managing Heterogeneous Sampling Data for Geostatistical Estimations of Benzo(A)Pyrene Concentrations in a Former Gas Works....Pages 429-440
Geostatistical Modeling of Regionalized Grain-Size Distributions Using Min/Max Autocorrelation Factors....Pages 441-452
Fine Scale Soil Texture Estimation Using Soil Maps and Profile Descriptions....Pages 453-462
A Comparison of Geostatistical Simulation Approaches for Estimating the Spatial Uncertainty of Soil Texture....Pages 463-474
Accounting for Soft Information in Mapping Soil Contamination with TPH at an Oil Storage Site....Pages 475-485
Geostatistical Analysis of PCB-Contaminated Sediment in a Commercial Dock, Swansea, UK....Pages 487-497
Comparison of Geostatistical Algorithms For Completing Groundwater Monitoring Well Time Series Using Data of a Nearby River....Pages 499-500
Data Assimilation and Geostatistics in Ecological Modeling....Pages 501-502
Spatial Patterns of Soil Seed-Bank Related to Some Soil Properties....Pages 503-504
Geostatistical Analysis for Characterization of Gully Topographic Features in Olive Tree Areas....Pages 505-506
Probabilistic Assessment of Groundwater Contamination by Nitrate....Pages 507-508
BME Analysis of Neural Network Residual Data from the Chernobyl Fallout: Bayesian and Non-Bayesian Approaches....Pages 509-510
Spatial Analysis of Soil Physical Properties in a UK Upland Subcatchment....Pages 511-512
Digital Terrain Modelling with Geostatistics....Pages 513-514
The PLS Regression in Spatial Statistical Estimation....Pages 515-516
Complex Geometry of Depositional Facies Within a Coastal Aquifer System: Three-dimensional Mapping of Confining Layers and Hydrogeologic Implications....Pages 517-518
Geostatistical Approach for Mapping SPT Values at Lisbon....Pages 519-520
Use of Multivariate Indices to Characterise Hydrogeochemical Data. Application to the Alluvial Aquifer of Alto Guadalentin, SE Spain....Pages 521-522
Evaluation of Deleterious and Toxic Elements Contents in Cu?Ag Ores from Lubin — Glogow District, SW Poland....Pages 523-524
Spatial Prediction of Diameter Distribution Models in Forestry....Pages 525-526
Geostatistical Analysis of Stereoscopic Pairs of Satellite Images....Pages 527-528
GIS-Based Classification and Indicator Simulation of Groundwater Vulnerability Characteristics....Pages 529-530
Spatial Variability of Heavy Metals in an Agricultural Watershed in Galicia, Spain....Pages 531-532
Effect of Soil Properties on Vegetation Diversity in a Created Hay Meadow....Pages 533-534
Back Matter....Pages 539-540
Spatial Analysis of Patchy Vegetation on Semi-Arid Steppe....Pages 535-537

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This volume contains selected contributions from geoENV III - the Third European Conference on Geostatistics for Environmental Sciences, held in Avignon, France in November 2000.
This third book of the geoENV series illustrates the new methodological developments in geostatistics, as applied to environmental sciences, which have occurred during the last two years. It also presents a wide variety of practical environmental applications which will be of interest to both researchers and practitioners.
The book starts with two keynote papers on hydrogeology and on climatology and atmospheric pollution, followed by forty contributions. The content of this book is foremost practical. The editors have endeavored to compile a set of papers in which the readers could perceive how geostatistics is applied within environmental sciences. A few selected methodological and theoretical contributions are also included. The papers are organised in the following sections:

• Air Pollution / Climate;
• Environment;
• Health / Ecology;
• Hydrology;
• Methods;
• Soil Science / Site Remediation.

presenting applications varying from delineation of hazardous areas, monitoring water quality, space-time modeling of sand beaches, areal rainfall estimation, air pollution monitoring, multivariate conditional simulation, soil texture analysis, fish abundance analysis, tree productivity index estimation, radionuclide migration analysis, wombling procedure, tracer tests modeling, direct sequential co-simulation to stochastic modeling of flow and transport.
Audience: This publication will be of great interest and practical value to geostatisticians working both in academia and in industry.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xv
On the Contribution of Hydrogeology to Advances in Geostatistics....Pages 1-16
Advances in Modeling and Inference for Environmental Processes with Nonstationary Spatial Covariance....Pages 17-32
Ordinary and Indicator Kriging of Monthly Mean Nitrogen Dioxide Concentrations in the United Kingdom....Pages 33-44
Total Air Pollution And Space-Time Modelling....Pages 45-56
Geostatistical Interpolation of Rainfall in Mountainous Areas....Pages 57-66
Incorporating Information from a Digital Elevation Model for Improving the Areal Estimation of Rainfall....Pages 67-78
Robust Predictions of Rainfall in Navarre, Spain....Pages 79-90
Powering an Egyptian Air Quality Information System with the Bayesian Maximum Entropy Space/Time Analysis Toolbox: Results From the Cairo Baseline Year Study....Pages 91-100
Space-Time Modelling Of Sand Beach Data: A Geostatistical Approach....Pages 101-111
Identification of Regional Variability Component by Geostatistical Analysis of Stream Sediments....Pages 113-123
Delineation of Hazardous Areas and Additional Sampling Strategy in Presence of a Location-Specific Threshold....Pages 125-136
Local Interpolation of Some Chemical Parameters After the Removal of the Aznalcollar Mine Spill Sludge (South-West Spain)....Pages 137-147
Geostatistical Evaluation of a Monitoring Strategy for Water Quality Assessment....Pages 149-156
Application of Data Assimilation to Three-Dimensional Hydrodynamics: the Case of the Odra Lagoon....Pages 157-168
Geostatistical Characterization of a Pine Tree Productivity Index....Pages 169-179
Impact of Local Pollution on Fish Abundance Using Geostatistical Simulations....Pages 181-191
An Application of Geostatistical and GIS Techniques to Indoor Radon Risk Mapping....Pages 193-203
Stochastic Flow and Transport Simulations of a Three-Dimensional Tracer Test in Moderately Fractured Plutonic Rock....Pages 205-216
A Probabilistic and Conditional Approach for Delineating the Extent of a Contamination Plume within an Aquifer....Pages 217-226
Geostatistical Modeling of Tracer Tests in a Single Fracture. Calibration of Transport Parameters....Pages 227-237
Radial Flow in a Bounded Randomly Heterogeneous Aquifer with Recharge....Pages 239-250
Uncertainty and Sensitivity Analyses for Contaminant Transport Models Based on Conditional Indicator Simulations....Pages 251-261
Analysis of Radionuclide Migration in Rock Fractures with Heterogeneous Matrix Diffusion....Pages 263-274
Probability Field Algorithm for Multivariate Conditional Simulation....Pages 275-285
Analysing Positive-Valued Spatial Data: the Transformed Gaussian Model....Pages 287-298
Kriging for Cut-Offs and Other Difficult Problems....Pages 299-310
Detecting Regions of Abrupt Change: Wombling Procedure and Statistical Significance....Pages 311-322
Average Length of Objects Defined from Binary Realizations: Effects of Discretization and Covariance Parameters....Pages 323-332
A Positive Definite Estimator of the Non Stationary Covariance of Random Fields....Pages 333-344
Variogram-Derived Measures of Textural Image Classification....Pages 345-355
Which Experimental Variogram for the Structural Inference: A Methodological Study....Pages 357-368
Parameter Uncertainty in Spatial Prediction: Checking its Importance by Cross-Validating the Wolfcamp and Rongelap Data Sets....Pages 369-380
Direct Sequential Co-Simulation: A New Stochastic Modelling for Environmental Applications....Pages 381-391
Change of Support for Environmental Indicators....Pages 393-404
Bayesian Conditioning of a Random Field to Point Measurements....Pages 405-416
Factorial Kriging Applied to the Study of Industrial Contaminated Soils....Pages 417-428
Managing Heterogeneous Sampling Data for Geostatistical Estimations of Benzo(A)Pyrene Concentrations in a Former Gas Works....Pages 429-440
Geostatistical Modeling of Regionalized Grain-Size Distributions Using Min/Max Autocorrelation Factors....Pages 441-452
Fine Scale Soil Texture Estimation Using Soil Maps and Profile Descriptions....Pages 453-462
A Comparison of Geostatistical Simulation Approaches for Estimating the Spatial Uncertainty of Soil Texture....Pages 463-474
Accounting for Soft Information in Mapping Soil Contamination with TPH at an Oil Storage Site....Pages 475-485
Geostatistical Analysis of PCB-Contaminated Sediment in a Commercial Dock, Swansea, UK....Pages 487-497
Comparison of Geostatistical Algorithms For Completing Groundwater Monitoring Well Time Series Using Data of a Nearby River....Pages 499-500
Data Assimilation and Geostatistics in Ecological Modeling....Pages 501-502
Spatial Patterns of Soil Seed-Bank Related to Some Soil Properties....Pages 503-504
Geostatistical Analysis for Characterization of Gully Topographic Features in Olive Tree Areas....Pages 505-506
Probabilistic Assessment of Groundwater Contamination by Nitrate....Pages 507-508
BME Analysis of Neural Network Residual Data from the Chernobyl Fallout: Bayesian and Non-Bayesian Approaches....Pages 509-510
Spatial Analysis of Soil Physical Properties in a UK Upland Subcatchment....Pages 511-512
Digital Terrain Modelling with Geostatistics....Pages 513-514
The PLS Regression in Spatial Statistical Estimation....Pages 515-516
Complex Geometry of Depositional Facies Within a Coastal Aquifer System: Three-dimensional Mapping of Confining Layers and Hydrogeologic Implications....Pages 517-518
Geostatistical Approach for Mapping SPT Values at Lisbon....Pages 519-520
Use of Multivariate Indices to Characterise Hydrogeochemical Data. Application to the Alluvial Aquifer of Alto Guadalentin, SE Spain....Pages 521-522
Evaluation of Deleterious and Toxic Elements Contents in Cu?Ag Ores from Lubin — Glogow District, SW Poland....Pages 523-524
Spatial Prediction of Diameter Distribution Models in Forestry....Pages 525-526
Geostatistical Analysis of Stereoscopic Pairs of Satellite Images....Pages 527-528
GIS-Based Classification and Indicator Simulation of Groundwater Vulnerability Characteristics....Pages 529-530
Spatial Variability of Heavy Metals in an Agricultural Watershed in Galicia, Spain....Pages 531-532
Effect of Soil Properties on Vegetation Diversity in a Created Hay Meadow....Pages 533-534
Back Matter....Pages 539-540
Spatial Analysis of Patchy Vegetation on Semi-Arid Steppe....Pages 535-537
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