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Edited By
E.M. Scott, Department of Statistics, University of Glasgow, UK
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Radioactivity in the Environment,
Description
Just as an environmental model typically will be composed of a number of linked sub-models, representing physical, chemical or biological
processes understood to varying degrees, this volume includes a series of linked chapters exemplifying the fundamental nature of environmental
radioactivity models in all compartments of the environment.
Why is a book on modelling environmental radioactivity necessary? There
are many reasons why such a boook is necessary, perhaps the most important that:
- modelling is an often misunderstood and maligned activity
and this book can provide, to a broad audience, a greater understanding of modelling power but also some of the limitations.
- modellers
and experimentalists often do not understand and mistrust each other's work yet they are mutually dependent, in the sense that good experimental
science can direct good modelling work and vice-versa; we hope that this book can dispel mistrust and engender improved understanding.
- there is an increasing reliance on model results in environmental management, yet there is also often misuse and misrepresentation
of these results. This book can help to bridge the gap between unrealistic expectations of model power and the realisation of what is
possible, practicable and feasible in modelling of environmental radioactivity; and finally,
- modelling tools, capacity and power have
increased many-fold in a relatively short period of time. Much of this is due to the much-heralded computer revolution, but much is also
due to better science. It is useful to consider what gap if any still remains between what is possible and what is necessary.
Contents
Foreword.
Section 1: Models and modelling.
1. Design and evaluation of environmental radioactivity models (E.M. Scott).
2. Modelling the dispersion of radionuclides in the atmosphere (A. Mayall). 3. Modelling radioactivity in the marine environment: The
application of hydrodynamic circulation models for simulating oceanic dispersion of radioactivity (I.H. Harms, M.J. Karcher, H. Burchard).
4. Radioactivity in the terrestrial environment (G. Prohl). 5. Modelling radionuclide transport in the geological environment: a case
study from the field of radioactive waste disposal (W.R. Alexander, P.A. Smith, I.G. McKinley). 6. Radioactivity in lakes and rivers
(L. Hakanson, L. Monte). 7. Radioactivity in aquatic biota (T.G. Sazykina).
Section 2: Modelling applications.
8. Modelling
the dispersion of radionuclides in estuarine environments: the Odiel river estuary (R. Perianez, J.M. Abril). 9. Predicting transfer
of radionuclides: soil-plant-animal (N. Crout, N. Beresford, A. Sanchez). 10. Pathways of anthropogenic radioactivity in the Northern
Oceans (I.H. Harms, M.J. Karcher). 11. Modelling the behaviour of radiocaesium in forest ecosystems (G. Shaw, R. Avila, S. Fesenko, A.
Dvornik, T. Zhuchenko). 12. The Chernobyl accident and aquatic biota (I.I. Kryshev, T.G. Sazykina, A. Kryshev). Concluding remarks. Index
of authors. Subject index.
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Hardbound, 438 pages, publication date: MAY-2003
ISBN-13: 978-0-08-043663-0
ISBN-10: 0-08-043663-3
Imprint: ELSEVIER
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