Environmental Instrumentation and Analysis Handbook - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 047146354X ISBN 13: 9780471463542

Publisher: Wiley-Interscience, 2004

Synopsis

A comprehensive resource for information about different technologies and methods to measure and analyze contamination of air, water, and soil.
* Serves as a technical reference in the field of environmental science and engineering
* Includes information on instrumentation used for measurement and control of effluents and emissions from industrial facilities that can directly influence the environment
* Focuses on applications, making it a practical reference tool

About this title

About the Author

RANDY D. DOWN, PE, is a recognized expert in environmental instrumentation and controls with Forensic Analysis and Engineering Corp. His more than thirty years of instrumentation and controls experience covers a wide range of industries and applications.

JAY H. LEHR, PHD, is the Science Director of The Heartland Institute and Senior Scientist at Bennett & Williams, Inc. He is the author of fourteen books and over 500 articles on environmental science.

From the Back Cover

A fact-based, unbiased directory of tools and techniques for analyzing contamination in air, water, and soil

Environmental science professionals can now choose from an impressive array of instrumentation and methodologies when analyzing field conditions at potential contamination sites. This wealth of choices, however, can become a burden when practitioners must determine which approach will be the most optimal and accurate for measuring a particular site.

Environmental Instrumentation and Analysis Handbook is the first book to comprehensively catalog the benefits and drawbacks of virtually every available tool and technique. More than three dozen veteran environmental professionals describe the basic science that supports their field analyses, and then provide invaluable firsthand case studies and reports regarding:

• Equipment and methodologies at use in the field
  
• Applicability of a particular instrument in an analytical technique
  
• What can go wrong and why and how to avoid it
  

Since the beginning of environmental science, the primary information resources for obtaining field data have been obscure journal articles, manufacturer's catalogs, sales personnel, and personal experience. Environmental Instrumentation and Analysis Handbook combines all of the pertinent data into one innovative resource, providing new help for field professionals who need to understand which instruments and procedures have worked best under certain conditions, and how to successfully implement them.

Environmental science professionals can now choose from an impressive array of instrumentation and methodologies when analyzing field conditions at potential contamination sites. This wealth of choices, however, can become a burden when practitioners must determine which approach will be the most optimal and accurate for measuring a particular site.

Environmental Instrumentation and Analysis Handbook is the first book to comprehensively catalog the benefits and drawbacks of virtually every available tool and technique. More than three dozen veteran environmental professionals describe the basic science that supports their field analyses, and then provide invaluable firsthand case studies and reports regarding:

• Equipment and methodologies at use in the field
  
• Applicability of a particular instrument in an analytical technique
  
• What can go wrong and why—and how to avoid it
  

Since the beginning of environmental science, the primary information resources for obtaining field data have been obscure journal articles, manufacturer's catalogs, sales personnel, and personal experience. Environmental Instrumentation and Analysis Handbook combines all of the pertinent data into one innovative resource, providing new help for field professionals who need to understand which instruments and procedures have worked best under certain conditions, and how to successfully implement them.

Edition details

• Publisher: Wiley-Interscience
• Publication date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 047146354X
• ISBN 13: 9780471463542
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 1080
• Editor: Down Randy D., Lehr Jay H.