1st Edition

Environmental Modeling A Practical Introduction

By Mike J. Barnsley Copyright 2007
432 Pages
by CRC Press

432 Pages 193 B/W Illustrations
by CRC Press

432 Pages
by CRC Press

Increasingly used to represent climatic, biogeochemical, and ecological systems, computer modeling has become an important tool that should be in every environmental professional’s toolbox. Environmental Modeling: A Practical Introduction is just what it purports to be, a practical introduction to the various methods, techniques, and skills required for computerized environmental modeling.... Read more
Models and Modeling. Visualizing Environmental Data. Processing Environmental Data. Windspeed and Wind Power. Solar Radiation at Earth’s Surface. Light Interaction with a Plant Canopy. Analytical and Numerical Solutions. Population Dynamics. Biospheric Feedback on Daisy World. Modeling Incident Solar Radiation and Hydrological Networks over Natural Terrain. Installing and Running the Software. Gnu General Public License. Gnuplot License. Standards. Solutions to Exercises. Acronyms and Abbreviations. List of Symbols. References. Index.

Biography

Barnsley, Mike J.