MAP20070024544Statistics for the environment : 2. Water related issues / edited by Vic Barnett and K. Feridun Turkman. — Chichester [etc.] : John Wiley & Sons, cop. 1994XIV, 391 p. ; 24 cmProceedings of SPRUCE II: the second SPRUCE Conference held in Rothamsted Experimental Station, Harpenden, UK, 13-16 September 1993 / sponsored by Commission of the European Communities, Directorate-General for Science, Research and Development DG12Bibliografía: P. 367-385. — Sumario: Rainfall and climate (Stochastic models of precipitation. Spatial modelling of rainfall data. Precipitation regimen changes over small watersheds. A temporal study of extreme rainfall. Wind direction in rain and wind storms. Some statistical analyses of the cluster point processes of hurricanes on the coasts of Mexico. Bootstrap confidence intervals for the estimation of seeding effect in an operational period. Inter-site and inter-duration dependence on rainfall extremes) -- Sea levels and wave energy (Trends in sea levels. Sea-level rise: a potential threat?. Assessing the wave energy resource. Extreme sea levels: modelling interaction between tide and surge) -- Water quality, supply and management (Bayesian methods in asset management. Measuring and modelling pollutant transport through soils and beyond. Mathematical modelling techniques to evaluate the impact of phosphorus reduction on phosphate loads to lough neagh. A statistical evaluation of toxicity tests of waste waters) -- Hydrological modelling (Evaluation of predictive incertainty in nonlinear hydrological models using a Bayesian approach. Statistical methods for the evaluation of hydrological parameters in landuse planning. Statistics and probability: wrong remedies for a confused hydrologic modeller)