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Environmental monitoring and assessment

Environmental monitoring and assessment

This article has been reviewed by the following Topic Editor: Cutler J. Cleveland

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment: The Journal

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment is a peer-reviewed, international journal focusing on the scientific and technological (S&T) aspects of the environmental monitoring sciences. Original research and assessment papers accepted by the journal report S&T developments as well as data and information generated?at local, regional and global scales of spatial and temporal resolution?by the varied modalities of environmental monitoring and observations.

Importantly, the journal documents the:

  • underlying rationales of assessments based on scientifically-defensible monitoring;
  • the appropriate use of scientific principles in the design of monitoring systems; and
  • the use of monitoring data in assessing the consequences of natural and human resource decisionmaking and management actions.

A substantial number of accepted papers address natural and anthropogenic contamination and pollution risks to human health and to the condition of the environment. With the exponential growth of data on the environment, the journal offers a window on the value of Geographic Information System-based technologies as well as the relative and complementary power of ground-based and remote sensing studies. The journal is published by Springer Netherlands.

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Evironmental Monitoring and Assessment

Citation

Sidney Draggan Ph.D. (Lead Author);Cutler J. Cleveland (Topic Editor) "Environmental monitoring and assessment". In: Encyclopedia of Earth. Eds. Cutler J. Cleveland (Washington, D.C.: Environmental Information Coalition, National Council for Science and the Environment). [First published in the Encyclopedia of Earth August 26, 2008; Last revised Date August 26, 2008; Retrieved June 19, 2013 <http://www.eoearth.org/article/Environmental_monitoring_and_assessment>

The Author

Sidney Draggan Board of Directors Environmental Information Coalition Editorial Board The Encyclopedia of Earth Dr. Sidney Draggan, an Ecologist and Science Policy Analyst, served most recently as Senior Science and Science Policy Advisor to the Assistant Administrator for Research and Development at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. He joined the staff of the Immediate Office of the Assistant Administrator in 1997 after serving for two years as Special Assistant for Scien ... (Full Bio)

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