{"product_id":"model-validation-isbn-9780471985723","title":"Model Validation","description":"Validation is a central issue to future model design in environmental science. This book is the first to provide a critical appraisal of today's validation needs, capabilities, and required changes in philosophy. It takes examples from four different scales: hillslope and river channel, catchment, regional, and global.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e This timely book offers unique, multifaceted coverage of model validation in hydrological science today. Topics covered include calibration procedures, data assimilation, scaling, critical future need in validation, and evidence of field data.\u003cbr\u003e * State-of-the-art research book on an important new topic\u003cbr\u003e * End-of-section discussion chapters written by leading international researchersErstmals kritisch untersucht werden in diesem Band die Anforderungen an die Validierung hydrologischer Modelle verschiedener Maßstäbe und deren Fähigkeiten. In jedem Kapitel wird die Kalibrierung, die Datenaufnahme, die Skalierung und die Bewertung der Ergebnisse eines speziellen Modells ausführlich dargestellt. Internationale Spezialisten stellen jeweils am Ende der Kapitel kontroverse Aspekte zur Diskussion.  List of Contributors.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Hydrological Science: Model Credibility and Scientific Integrity (M. Anderson \u0026amp; P. Bates).\u003cbr\u003e Kind of Models (A. Morton \u0026amp; M. Suárez).\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Philosophical Issues in Model Assessment (N. Oreskes \u0026amp; K. Belitz).\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Calibration, Validation and Equifinality in Hydrological Modelling: A Continuing Discussion ... (K. Beven).\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Models in the Courtroom (E. Bair).\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e On Simulation, Calibration and Ill-conditioning with Application to Environmental System Modelling (C. Dietrich).\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Data-Based Mechanistic Modelling and Validation of Rainfall--Flow Processes (P. Young).\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e The Use of Remote Sensing to Validate Hydrological Models (D. Pearson, et al.).\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Soil Water Relations (H. Booltink).\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e A Hydromechanical Approach to Preferential Flow (P. Germann).\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Validation of Snow Models (R. Davis, et al.).\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Groundwater (H. Morel-Seytoux).\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Validation of Hydraulic Models (P. Bates \u0026amp; M. Anderson).\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Modelling Water Quality Processes in Riverine Systems (R. Falconer, et al.).\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Modelling Sediment Entrainment into Suspension, Transport and Deposition in Rivers (M. Garcia).\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e The 'Validation' of Hydrodynamic Models: Some Critical Perspectives (S. Lane \u0026amp; K. Richards).\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e The Validation of Ice-sheet Models (M. Siegert \u0026amp; A. Payne).\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Discussion of Model Validation in Relation to the Regional and Global Scale (J. Refsgaard).\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Author Index.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Subject Index.  \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMalcolm G. Anderson\u003c\/strong\u003e, is founder and Editor-in-Chief of \u003cem\u003eHydrological Processes\u003c\/em\u003e, the international research journal published by Wiley. Professor Anderson has longstanding research interests in the fields of numerical hydrology and geotechnical model development for landslide prediction. He has held full year appointments as a Senior Research Hydrologist, for the U.S. Corps Engineers Waterways Experiment Station, USA and the Geotechnical Control Office, Hong Kong.   Model Validation is a fundamental issue in modern hydrological science where increased demands for prediction and process understanding has been driven by advances in numerical modelling and environmental legislation. Model Validation: Perspectives in Hydrological Science is the first book to deal with this subject in hydrology and environmental science, as well as in other fields.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Model Validation brings together philosophers, modellers and legal experts to comment on model validation issues and gives an evaluation of how we interpret scientific evidence drived from numerical models. It shows how much issues underpin research across the discipline of hydrological science, and also in legal and philosophical frameworks, by addressing major questions concerning acceptable levels of proof in the area. This book will contribute to research within the discipline, in addition to interdisciplinary studies in environmental science and to the wider debate over the nature of scientific prediction.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e This is essential reading for academic researchers, policy makers, and legal experts across the spectrum of environmental science, and of great use for 3rd year undergraduate and postgraduate courses.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wiley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47989635416293,"sku":"NP9780471985723","price":323.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780471985723.jpg?v=1761784899","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/model-validation-isbn-9780471985723","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}