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Models in Environmental Research /

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In most natural sciences, modeling is a widespread method of gaining new knowledge about natural and technical systems. This book analyses the concepts of 'model' and 'modeling' in different fields of research. The different methods of modeling as well as the potentials and limit...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Storch, Hans
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Flöser, Götz
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2001.
Series:GKSS School of Environmental Research.
Subjects:
Geography.
Pharmacy.
Meteorology.
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Table of Contents:
  • Models as Focusing Tools: Linking Nature and the Social World
  • Models between Academia and Applications
  • Basic Concepts in Dynamical Modeling
  • Process-oriented Models in Physical Oceanography
  • Mathematical Models in Environmental Research
  • Physical Modeling of Flow and Dispersion
  • Conceptual Models for Ecology-Related Decisions
  • Models in the Mechanics of Materials
  • Mathematical Morphology
  • Statistical Interpolation Models
  • Statistics
  • an Indispensable Tool in Dynamical Modeling
  • Subject Index.