Kim Y.J. (Ed.) Advanced Environmental Monitoring

Published by Springer, AA Dordrecht, The Netherlands, 2008. - 437 p. ISBN:1402063636When dealing with environmental concerns such as climate change or pollution, accurate environmental monitoring is a prerequisite for undertaking any course of action. This book deals with recent developments and applications of environmental monitoring technologies, with emphasis on rapidly progressing optical and biological methods. Written by worldwide experts, this book will be of interest to environmental scientists in academia, research institutes, industry and the government.Section Atmospheric Environmental Monitoring
Air Pollution Monitoring. Systems—Past–Present–Future.
Radial Plume Mapping: A US EPA Test Method for Area and Fugitive Source Emission Monitoring Using Optical Remote Sensing
MAX-DOAS Measurements of ClO, SO₂ and NO₂ in the Mid-Latitude Coastal Boundary Layer and a Power Plant Plume
Laser Based Chemical Sensor Technology: Recent Advances and Applications.
Atmospheric Monitoring With Chemical Ionisation Reaction Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometry (CIR-TOF-MS) and Future Developments: Hadamard Transform Mass Spectrometry.
Continuous Monitoring and the Source Identification of Carbon Dioxide at Three Sites in Northeast Asia During 2004–2005
Aircraft Measurements of Long-Range Trans-Boundary Air Pollutants over Yellow Sea.
Optical Remote Sensing for Characterizing the Spatial Distribution of Stack EmissionsSection Atmospheric Environmental Monitoring
Mass Transport of Background Asian Dust Revealed by Balloon-Borne Measurement: Dust Particles Transported during Calm Periods by Westerly from Taklamakan Desert
Identifying Atmospheric Aerosols with Polarization Lidar
A Novel Method to Quantify Fugitive Dust Emissions Using Optical Remote Sensing
Raman Lidar for Monitoring of Aerosol Pollution in the Free Troposphere
An Innovative Approach to Optical Measurement of Atmospheric Aerosols—Determination of the Size and the Complex Refractive Index of Single Aerosol Particles
Remote Sensing of Aerosols by Sunphotometer and Lidar Techniques
Retrieval of Particulate Matter from MERIS Observations.
Bioaerosol Standoff Monitoring Using Intensified Range-Gated Laser-Induced
Fluorescence Spectroscopy
MODIS 500×500-m² Resolution Aerosol Optical Thickness Retrieval and Its Application for Air Quality MonitoringSection Contaminant-Control Process Monitoring
Aquatic Colloids: Provenance, Characterization and Significance to Environmental Monitoring
Progress in Earthworm Ecotoxicology
Differentiating Effluent Organic Matter (EfOM) from Natural Organic Matter (NOM): Impact of EfOM on Drinking Water Sources
An Advanced Monitoring and Control System for Optimization of the Ozone-AOP
(Advanced Oxidation Process) for the Treatment of Drinking Water
Monitoring of Dissolved Organic Carbon (DOC) in a Water Treatment Process by UV-Laser Induced FluorescenceSection Biosensors, Bioanalytical and Biomonitoring Systems
Biosensors for Environmental and Human Health
Biological Toxicity Testing of Heavy Metals and Environmental Samples Using Fluorescence-Based Oxygen Sensing and Respirometry
Omics Tools for Environmental Monitoring of Chemicals, Radiation, and Physical Stresses in Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Gene Expression Characteristics in the Japanese Medaka (Oryzias latipes) Liver after Exposure to Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals.
Optical Detection of Pathogens using Protein Chip
Expression Analysis of Sex-Specific and Endocrine-Disruptors-Responsive Genes
in Japanese Medaka, Oryzias latipes, using Oligonucleotide Microarrays
Assessment of the Hazard Potential of Environmental Chemicals by Quantifying Fish Behaviour.
Biomonitoring Studies Performed with European Eel Populations from the Estuaries of Minho, Lima and Douro Rivers (NW Portugal)
In Vitro Testing of Inhalable Fly Ash at the Air Liquid Interface
List of Abbreviations