A basic introduction to pollutant fate and transport [[electronic resource] ] : an integrated approach with chemistry, modeling, risk assessment, and environmental legislation / / Frank M. Dunnivant, Elliot Anders |
Autore | Dunnivant Frank M |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Hoboken, N.J., : Wiley-Interscience, c2006 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (504 p.) |
Disciplina |
628.5/2
628.52 |
Altri autori (Persone) | AndersElliot |
Soggetto topico |
Pollution - Mathematical models
Pollutants Environmental chemistry Environmental risk assessment Environmental policy |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-280-34968-9
9786610349685 0-470-32323-X 0-471-75813-2 0-471-75812-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
A BASIC INTRODUCTION TO POLLUTANT FATE AND TRANSPORT; CONTENTS; PREFACE; To the Instructor; To the Student; To the Environmental Professional; How to Use the Book with Fate® and Associated Software; Acknowledgments; SYMBOLS; GLOSSARY; PART I INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER 1 SOURCES AND TYPES OF POLLUTANT, WHY WE NEED MODELING, AND HISTORICAL CONTAMINATION EVENTS; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 The Need for Modeling of Pollutants in Environmental Media; 1.3 Pollution Versus Contamination; Pollutant Versus Contaminant; 1.4 Pollution Classifications; 1.5 Sources of Pollution
1.6 Historic Examples of Where Fate and Transport Modeling are Useful1.6.1 Surface Water; 1.6.2 Groundwater; 1.6.3 Atmosphere; 1.7 Environmental Laws; References; PART II CHEMISTRY OF FATE AND TRANSPORT MODELING; CHAPTER 2 BASIC CHEMICAL PROCESSES IN POLLUTANT FATE AND TRANSPORT MODELING; 2.1 The Liquid Medium: Water and the Water Cycle; 2.2 Unique Properties of Water; 2.3 Concentration Units; 2.4 Chemical Aspects of Environmental Systems; 2.4.1 pH; 2.4.2 Activity; 2.4.3 Solubility; 2.4.4 Vapor Pressure; 2.4.5 Henry's Law Constant; 2.5 Reactions and Equilibrium; 2.5.1 Acid-base Chemistry 2.5.2 Oxidation-Reduction Chemistry2.6 Complexation; 2.7 Equilibrium Sorption Phenomena; 2.7.1 Sorption Surfaces; 2.7.2 Organic Matter; 2.7.3 Organic Sorbates; 2.7.4 Partition Coefficients, K(d) and K(p); 2.7.5 Ion Exchange Phenomena for Ionic Pollutants; 2.8 Transformation/Degradation Reactions; 2.8.1 Abiotic Chemical Transformations/Degradations; 2.8.2 Photochemical Transformation/Degradation Reactions; 2.8.3 Nuclear; 2.8.4 Biological; 2.9 Summary; References; CHAPTER 3 QUANTITATIVE ASPECTS OF CHEMISTRY TOWARD MODELING; 3.1 Introduction 3.2 Calculation of the Free Metal Ion Concentration in Natural Waters3.2.1 Calculating Chemical Equilibria; 3.2.2 Equilibrium Applied to More Complex Speciation Problems; 3.3 Methods for Determining K(d) and K(p); 3.4 Kinetics of the Sorption Process; 3.5 Sorption Isotherms; 3.5.1 A General Approach; 3.6 Kinetics of Transformation Reactions; 3.7 Putting It All Together: Where Chemistry Enters into the Modeling Effort; Case I: A Metal Pollutant; Case II: Hydrophobic Pollutants; References; PART III MODELING; CHAPTER 4 AN OVERVIEW OF POLLUTANT FATE AND TRANSPORT MODELING 4.1 Modeling Approaches4.1.1 Algebraic Solutions; 4.1.2 Modeling Using Differential Equations; 4.1.3 The General Approach for the Models Used in this Text; 4.1.4 Numerical Methods of Analysis; 4.2 The Quality of Modeling Results; 4.3 What Do You Do with Your Modeling Results?; References; CHAPTER 5 FATE AND TRANSPORT CONCEPTS FOR LAKE SYSTEMS; Case Study: Lake Onondaga; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Types of lakes and lake-forming events; 5.3 Input Sources; 5.4 Stratification of Lake Systems; 5.5 Important Factors in the Modeling of Lakes: Conceptual Model Development; 5.5.1 Definitions of Terms: 5.5.2 Detention Times and Effective Mixing Volumes |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910143566603321 |
Dunnivant Frank M | ||
Hoboken, N.J., : Wiley-Interscience, c2006 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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A basic introduction to pollutant fate and transport [[electronic resource] ] : an integrated approach with chemistry, modeling, risk assessment, and environmental legislation / / Frank M. Dunnivant, Elliot Anders |
Autore | Dunnivant Frank M |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Hoboken, N.J., : Wiley-Interscience, c2006 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (504 p.) |
Disciplina |
628.5/2
628.52 |
Altri autori (Persone) | AndersElliot |
Soggetto topico |
Pollution - Mathematical models
Pollutants Environmental chemistry Environmental risk assessment Environmental policy |
ISBN |
1-280-34968-9
9786610349685 0-470-32323-X 0-471-75813-2 0-471-75812-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
A BASIC INTRODUCTION TO POLLUTANT FATE AND TRANSPORT; CONTENTS; PREFACE; To the Instructor; To the Student; To the Environmental Professional; How to Use the Book with Fate® and Associated Software; Acknowledgments; SYMBOLS; GLOSSARY; PART I INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER 1 SOURCES AND TYPES OF POLLUTANT, WHY WE NEED MODELING, AND HISTORICAL CONTAMINATION EVENTS; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 The Need for Modeling of Pollutants in Environmental Media; 1.3 Pollution Versus Contamination; Pollutant Versus Contaminant; 1.4 Pollution Classifications; 1.5 Sources of Pollution
1.6 Historic Examples of Where Fate and Transport Modeling are Useful1.6.1 Surface Water; 1.6.2 Groundwater; 1.6.3 Atmosphere; 1.7 Environmental Laws; References; PART II CHEMISTRY OF FATE AND TRANSPORT MODELING; CHAPTER 2 BASIC CHEMICAL PROCESSES IN POLLUTANT FATE AND TRANSPORT MODELING; 2.1 The Liquid Medium: Water and the Water Cycle; 2.2 Unique Properties of Water; 2.3 Concentration Units; 2.4 Chemical Aspects of Environmental Systems; 2.4.1 pH; 2.4.2 Activity; 2.4.3 Solubility; 2.4.4 Vapor Pressure; 2.4.5 Henry's Law Constant; 2.5 Reactions and Equilibrium; 2.5.1 Acid-base Chemistry 2.5.2 Oxidation-Reduction Chemistry2.6 Complexation; 2.7 Equilibrium Sorption Phenomena; 2.7.1 Sorption Surfaces; 2.7.2 Organic Matter; 2.7.3 Organic Sorbates; 2.7.4 Partition Coefficients, K(d) and K(p); 2.7.5 Ion Exchange Phenomena for Ionic Pollutants; 2.8 Transformation/Degradation Reactions; 2.8.1 Abiotic Chemical Transformations/Degradations; 2.8.2 Photochemical Transformation/Degradation Reactions; 2.8.3 Nuclear; 2.8.4 Biological; 2.9 Summary; References; CHAPTER 3 QUANTITATIVE ASPECTS OF CHEMISTRY TOWARD MODELING; 3.1 Introduction 3.2 Calculation of the Free Metal Ion Concentration in Natural Waters3.2.1 Calculating Chemical Equilibria; 3.2.2 Equilibrium Applied to More Complex Speciation Problems; 3.3 Methods for Determining K(d) and K(p); 3.4 Kinetics of the Sorption Process; 3.5 Sorption Isotherms; 3.5.1 A General Approach; 3.6 Kinetics of Transformation Reactions; 3.7 Putting It All Together: Where Chemistry Enters into the Modeling Effort; Case I: A Metal Pollutant; Case II: Hydrophobic Pollutants; References; PART III MODELING; CHAPTER 4 AN OVERVIEW OF POLLUTANT FATE AND TRANSPORT MODELING 4.1 Modeling Approaches4.1.1 Algebraic Solutions; 4.1.2 Modeling Using Differential Equations; 4.1.3 The General Approach for the Models Used in this Text; 4.1.4 Numerical Methods of Analysis; 4.2 The Quality of Modeling Results; 4.3 What Do You Do with Your Modeling Results?; References; CHAPTER 5 FATE AND TRANSPORT CONCEPTS FOR LAKE SYSTEMS; Case Study: Lake Onondaga; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Types of lakes and lake-forming events; 5.3 Input Sources; 5.4 Stratification of Lake Systems; 5.5 Important Factors in the Modeling of Lakes: Conceptual Model Development; 5.5.1 Definitions of Terms: 5.5.2 Detention Times and Effective Mixing Volumes |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910830691503321 |
Dunnivant Frank M | ||
Hoboken, N.J., : Wiley-Interscience, c2006 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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A basic introduction to pollutant fate and transport : an integrated approach with chemistry, modeling, risk assessment, and environmental legislation / / Frank M. Dunnivant, Elliot Anders |
Autore | Dunnivant Frank M |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Hoboken, N.J., : Wiley-Interscience, c2006 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (504 p.) |
Disciplina |
628.5/2
628.52 |
Altri autori (Persone) | AndersElliot |
Soggetto topico |
Pollution - Mathematical models
Pollutants Environmental chemistry Environmental risk assessment Environmental policy |
ISBN |
1-280-34968-9
9786610349685 0-470-32323-X 0-471-75813-2 0-471-75812-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
A BASIC INTRODUCTION TO POLLUTANT FATE AND TRANSPORT; CONTENTS; PREFACE; To the Instructor; To the Student; To the Environmental Professional; How to Use the Book with Fate® and Associated Software; Acknowledgments; SYMBOLS; GLOSSARY; PART I INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER 1 SOURCES AND TYPES OF POLLUTANT, WHY WE NEED MODELING, AND HISTORICAL CONTAMINATION EVENTS; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 The Need for Modeling of Pollutants in Environmental Media; 1.3 Pollution Versus Contamination; Pollutant Versus Contaminant; 1.4 Pollution Classifications; 1.5 Sources of Pollution
1.6 Historic Examples of Where Fate and Transport Modeling are Useful1.6.1 Surface Water; 1.6.2 Groundwater; 1.6.3 Atmosphere; 1.7 Environmental Laws; References; PART II CHEMISTRY OF FATE AND TRANSPORT MODELING; CHAPTER 2 BASIC CHEMICAL PROCESSES IN POLLUTANT FATE AND TRANSPORT MODELING; 2.1 The Liquid Medium: Water and the Water Cycle; 2.2 Unique Properties of Water; 2.3 Concentration Units; 2.4 Chemical Aspects of Environmental Systems; 2.4.1 pH; 2.4.2 Activity; 2.4.3 Solubility; 2.4.4 Vapor Pressure; 2.4.5 Henry's Law Constant; 2.5 Reactions and Equilibrium; 2.5.1 Acid-base Chemistry 2.5.2 Oxidation-Reduction Chemistry2.6 Complexation; 2.7 Equilibrium Sorption Phenomena; 2.7.1 Sorption Surfaces; 2.7.2 Organic Matter; 2.7.3 Organic Sorbates; 2.7.4 Partition Coefficients, K(d) and K(p); 2.7.5 Ion Exchange Phenomena for Ionic Pollutants; 2.8 Transformation/Degradation Reactions; 2.8.1 Abiotic Chemical Transformations/Degradations; 2.8.2 Photochemical Transformation/Degradation Reactions; 2.8.3 Nuclear; 2.8.4 Biological; 2.9 Summary; References; CHAPTER 3 QUANTITATIVE ASPECTS OF CHEMISTRY TOWARD MODELING; 3.1 Introduction 3.2 Calculation of the Free Metal Ion Concentration in Natural Waters3.2.1 Calculating Chemical Equilibria; 3.2.2 Equilibrium Applied to More Complex Speciation Problems; 3.3 Methods for Determining K(d) and K(p); 3.4 Kinetics of the Sorption Process; 3.5 Sorption Isotherms; 3.5.1 A General Approach; 3.6 Kinetics of Transformation Reactions; 3.7 Putting It All Together: Where Chemistry Enters into the Modeling Effort; Case I: A Metal Pollutant; Case II: Hydrophobic Pollutants; References; PART III MODELING; CHAPTER 4 AN OVERVIEW OF POLLUTANT FATE AND TRANSPORT MODELING 4.1 Modeling Approaches4.1.1 Algebraic Solutions; 4.1.2 Modeling Using Differential Equations; 4.1.3 The General Approach for the Models Used in this Text; 4.1.4 Numerical Methods of Analysis; 4.2 The Quality of Modeling Results; 4.3 What Do You Do with Your Modeling Results?; References; CHAPTER 5 FATE AND TRANSPORT CONCEPTS FOR LAKE SYSTEMS; Case Study: Lake Onondaga; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Types of lakes and lake-forming events; 5.3 Input Sources; 5.4 Stratification of Lake Systems; 5.5 Important Factors in the Modeling of Lakes: Conceptual Model Development; 5.5.1 Definitions of Terms: 5.5.2 Detention Times and Effective Mixing Volumes |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910877481303321 |
Dunnivant Frank M | ||
Hoboken, N.J., : Wiley-Interscience, c2006 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Benefits and costs of Clean Air Act : direct costs and uncertainty analysis [[electronic resource] /] / [signed] James K. Hammitt |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, DC : , : U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of the Administrator, Science Advisory Board, , 2007 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (v, 10 pages) |
Altri autori (Persone) | HammittJames K. <1956-> |
Soggetto topico |
Air - Pollution
Environmental risk assessment |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Altri titoli varianti | Benefits and costs of Clean Air Act |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910701429203321 |
Washington, DC : , : U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of the Administrator, Science Advisory Board, , 2007 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Benefits and costs of Clean Air Act [[electronic resource] ] : air quality modeling issues / / [signed] Trudy Cameron and David T. Allen |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, DC : , : U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of the Administrator, Science Advisory Board, , 2006 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (2 unnumbered pages) |
Altri autori (Persone) |
CameronTrudy
AllenDavid T |
Soggetto topico |
Air - Pollution
Environmental risk assessment |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Altri titoli varianti | Benefits and costs of Clean Air Act |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910701429103321 |
Washington, DC : , : U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of the Administrator, Science Advisory Board, , 2006 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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BioRisk : biodiversity & ecosystem risk assessment |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Sofia, Bulgaria, : Pensoft |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource |
Soggetto topico |
Biodiversity - Risk assessment
Ecosystem health - Risk assessment Environmental risk assessment |
Soggetto genere / forma | Periodicals. |
ISSN | 1313-2652 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Periodico |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Altri titoli varianti | Biodiversity and ecosystem risk assessment |
Record Nr. | UNISA-996336814003316 |
Sofia, Bulgaria, : Pensoft | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno | ||
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Chemicals in the environment : assessing and managing risk |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge : Royal Society of Chemistry, c2006 |
Descrizione fisica | xiv, 158 p. : ill. ; 24 cm |
Disciplina | 628 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
Hester, R. E.
Harrison, Roy M. |
Altri autori (Enti) | Royal Society of Chemistry |
Collana | Issues in environmental science and technology, 1350-7583 ; 22 |
Soggetto topico |
Environmental risk assessment
Risk management Environmental impact analysis |
ISBN | 0854042067 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNISALENTO-991001682969707536 |
Cambridge : Royal Society of Chemistry, c2006 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. del Salento | ||
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Child-specific exposure factors handbook [[electronic resource] /] / United States Environmental Protection Agency |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, DC : , : U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, National Center for Environmental Assessment, Office of Research and Development, , [2008] |
Descrizione fisica | 687 unnumbered pages : digital, PDF file |
Soggetto topico |
Environmental risk assessment
Environmentally induced diseases in children - United States Children - Diseases - Environmental aspects - United States Environmental health - United States |
Soggetto genere / forma | Handbooks and manuals. |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Introduction -- Variability and uncertainty -- Water ingestion -- Non-dietary ingestion factors -- Ingestion of soil and dust -- Inhalation rates -- Dermal exposure factors -- Body weight -- Intake of fruits and vegetables -- Intake of fish and shellfish -- Intake of meats, dairy products and fats -- Intake of grain products -- Intake of home-produced foods -- Total food intake -- human milk intake -- Activity factors -- Consumer products -- Glossary. |
Altri titoli varianti |
Child specific exposure factors handbook
CSEFH, Child-specific exposure factors handbook |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910697911203321 |
Washington, DC : , : U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, National Center for Environmental Assessment, Office of Research and Development, , [2008] | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Coastal hazards [[electronic resource] ] : selected papers from EMI 2010, August 8-11, 2010, Los Angeles, California / / sponsored by Turbulence Committee of the Engineering Mechanics Institute of the American Society of Civil Engineers, Fluids Committee of the Engineering Mechanics Institute of the American Society of Civil Engineers ; edited by Wenrui Huang, Keh-han Wang, Qin Jim Chen |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Reston, VA, : American Society of Civil Engineers, c2013 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (184 p.) |
Disciplina | 551.46/3 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
ChenQin Jim
HuangWenrui <1961-> WangKeh-Han |
Collana | Trends in engineering mechanics special publication |
Soggetto topico |
Environmental risk assessment
Storm surges - Risk assessment Water waves Winds |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN | 0-7844-7774-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""The Mystery of 2010 Chilean Earthquake Generated Tsunami Waves at Crescent City Harbor""; ""An HPC Framework for Large Scale Simulations and Visualizations of Oil Spill Trajectories""; ""On Developing A Continuum Model for Wave Propagation in Ice-Covered Seas""; ""Wave Structure Interaction During Hurricane Ivan Simulated By a Two-Phase Flow Model""; ""Laboratory Measurements of Wave Attenuation Through Model and Live Vegetation""; ""Simulation of Oscillations at Lake Pontchartrain Induced By Hurricane Katrina""
""Numerical Modeling of Hurricane-Induced Extreme Wave Heights in Pensacola Bay""""An Efficient Tool to Assess Risk of Storm Surges Using Data Mining""; ""Experimental Study of Solitary Wave Induced Fluid Motions in a Submerged Cavity""; ""Numerical Investigation of Pollutant Transport By Tidal Flow in the Yangtze Estuary""; ""Experimental Study of Tsunami Forces on Structures""; ""Effects of South-to-North Water Transfer Project on Salinity Intrusion in Yangtze Estuary""; ""Ground-Level Turbulence Characteristics of Hurricane Wind Measured from Mobile Towers"" ""Design and Fabrication of a New Open Jet Electric-Fan Wall of Wind Facility for Coastal Research""""Evaluating the Response of the Residence Time to Flow in the Lower Peace River Estuary in Florida, USA""; ""Coastal and Estuarine Planning for Flood and Erosion Protection Using Integrated Coastal Model"" |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910464174403321 |
Reston, VA, : American Society of Civil Engineers, c2013 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Coastal Louisiana risk assessment model : technical description and 2012 coastal master plan analysis results / / Jordan R. Fischbach [and five others] |
Autore | Fischbach Jordan R. |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Santa Monica, California : , : RAND Corporation, , 2012 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (144 pages) |
Disciplina | 333.714 |
Altri autori (Persone) | FischbachJordan R |
Collana | Technical report Coastal Louisiana risk assessment model |
Soggetto topico | Environmental risk assessment |
ISBN | 0-8330-7985-9 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910219976403321 |
Fischbach Jordan R. | ||
Santa Monica, California : , : RAND Corporation, , 2012 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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