Environmental Systems Analysis with MATLAB®

Name: Environmental Systems Analysis with MATLAB®
Brand: Taylor & Francis
SKU: 9781138490789
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By Stefano Marsili-Libelli

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Environmental Systems Analysis with MATLAB® offers a mathematical approach to understanding environmental processes by combining environmental science, system theory, and numerical techniques. It guides readers through building mathematical models of environmental systems and analysing their behaviour, addressing topics such as population dynamics, flow systems, and environmental microbiology. The book includes practical data processing methods and real-world case studies, supported by freely downloadable MATLAB software for hands-on learning.
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Ideal for environmental professionals, students, and researchers seeking to develop skills in environmental modelling and data handling, particularly those with basic MATLAB literacy.

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Explore the inner workings of environmental processes using a mathematical approach. Environmental Systems Analysis with MATLAB® combines environmental science concepts and system theory with numerical techniques to provide a better understanding of how our environment works. The book focuses on building mathematical models of environmental systems, and using these models to analyze their behaviours. Designed with the environmental professional in mind, it offers a practical introduction to developing the skills required for managing environmental modelling and data handling.

The book follows a logical sequence from the basic steps of model building and data analysis to implementing these concepts into working computer codes, and then on to assessing their results. It describes data processing (rarely considered in environmental analysis); outlines the tools needed to successfully analyse data and develop models, and moves on to real-world problems. The author illustrates in the first four chapters the methodological aspects of environmental systems analysis, and in subsequent chapters applies them to specific environmental concerns.

The accompanying software bundle is freely downloadable from the book's web site. It follows the chapters' sequence and provides a hands-on experience, allowing the reader to reproduce the figures in the text and experiment by varying the problem setting. A basic MATLAB literacy is required to get the most out of the software.

Ideal for coursework and self-study, this offering:

Deals with the basic concepts of environmental modelling and identification, both from the mechanistic and the data-driven viewpoint
Provides a unifying methodological approach to deal with specific aspects of environmental modelling: population dynamics, flow systems, and environmental microbiology
Assesses the similarities and the differences of microbial processes in natural and man-made environments
Analyses several aquatic ecosystems’ case studies
Presents an application of an extended Streeter & Phelps (S&P) model
Describes an ecological method to estimate the bioavailable nutrients in natural waters
Considers a lagoon ecosystem from several viewpoints, including modelling and management, and more

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"... a clear and comprehensive exposition of not only the fundamental mathematical and statistical techniques needed to model environmental systems, but also of the underlying philosophy that produces models that are physically realistic and result in predictions that are relevant to taking action in the real world." — William D. Lakin, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus, The University of Vermont

"This book is a must for those starting out on modeling and for those who need more technical background, and indeed pragmatic guidance, the latter partly deriving from the author’s wealth of experience. Beautifully written and illustrated in a truly didactic way..."

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781138490789

Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 12 February 2018

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: CRC Press

Illustration: 40 Tables, black and white; 503 Illustrations, color

Audience: Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Width: 178.0mm

Height: 254.0mm

Weight: 1040g

Pages: 562

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About the Author

Stefano Marsili-Libelli received a cum laude MS degree in electronic engineering from the University of Pisa in 1973. Later that same year, he joined the University of Florence and since that time has served on the engineering faculty—first as a technical assistant, then as an associate professor (1983), and finally as a full professor (2000). A founding member of the environmental engineering curriculum at the University of Florence, he is also director of the Laboratory of Environmental Process Control, and an associate editor for the ISI international journals Environmental Modelling & Software and Water Science & Technology.