Pre-Conference Workshop
Pedometrics 2009 will provide a course about "Sampling for Survey and Monitoring of Natural Resources".(August 24 and 25, 2009 )
Dick Brus and Martin Knotters
Please apply for this pre-conference workshop before July 15, 2009
Aims
The course aims to transfer basic and more advanced knowledge needed for designing efficient samples for survey and monitoring of natural resources such as soil, ground- and surface water, vegetation, habitats, biodiversity etcetera, tailored to the problem at hand. The course will contribute to effective survey and monitoring required by for instance the European Water Framework Directive, Habitats Directive, Soil Thematic Strategy and Kyoto protocol.
Contents
In summary, the following subjects will be addressed:
Sampling for survey
• Probability sampling for estimating spatial means, proportions, totals, medians etc. (e.g. mean Cadmium content in the topsoil of agricultural fields, areal proportion in which the nitrate concentration of groundwater exceeds a legal standard, the total carbon stock in the
topsoil of a country, the total number of earthworms in a field)
• Spatial coverage and model-based sampling for mapping (e.g. maps of heavy metal concentrations in soil)
Sampling for monitoring
• Sampling for time series modelling (e.g. models for estimating probabilities that critical water levels will be exceeded)
• Sampling for estimating and testing of the space-time mean (e.g. testing surface water quality in an area during a given period against legal standards)
• Sampling for estimating the temporal change of the spatial mean or total (e.g. the temporal change in carbon stock in a country)
• Sampling for estimating the temporal trend of the spatial mean (e.g. temporal trend in spatial mean nitrate concentrations in roundwater).
Information
The course is based on the handbook ‘Sampling for Natural Resource Monitoring’ and takes two days. Information on the handbook can be found at
http://www.springer.com/west/home/environment?SGWID=4-198-22-52077682-0.
Information on the course can be provided by Dr. Dick Brus dick.brus@wur.nl) and Dr. Martin Knotters (martin.knotters@wur.nl)
About the teachers
Dick Brus and Martin Knotters are experienced consultants on sampling in various projects on environmental monitoring. The handbook ‘Sampling for Natural Resource Monitoring’, of which they are co-authors, is widely acclaimed in soil, earth, environmental, agriculture, and statistical sciences:
• European Journal of Soil Science:
“This is an indispensable and timely book. ... No one should plan a monitoring scheme at any spatial or temporal scale without considering all the issues that are raised here.”
• Soil Science Society of America Journal:
“..even a cursory review of the material presented in this book has the potential to significantly increase the quality of both new and ongoing studies while reducing their cost.”
• Mathematical Geosciences:
“This is a quite different and unique book about sampling that should be required reading for everyone working in the earth and environmental sciences”.
In summary, the following subjects will be addressed:
Sampling for survey
• Probability sampling for estimating spatial means, proportions, totals, medians etc. (e.g. mean Cadmium content in the topsoil of agricultural fields, areal proportion in which the nitrate concentration of groundwater exceeds a legal standard, the total carbon stock in the
topsoil of a country, the total number of earthworms in a field)
• Spatial coverage and model-based sampling for mapping (e.g. maps of heavy metal concentrations in soil)
Sampling for monitoring
• Sampling for time series modelling (e.g. models for estimating probabilities that critical water levels will be exceeded)
• Sampling for estimating and testing of the space-time mean (e.g. testing surface water quality in an area during a given period against legal standards)
• Sampling for estimating the temporal change of the spatial mean or total (e.g. the temporal change in carbon stock in a country)
• Sampling for estimating the temporal trend of the spatial mean (e.g. temporal trend in spatial mean nitrate concentrations in roundwater).
Information
The course is based on the handbook ‘Sampling for Natural Resource Monitoring’ and takes two days. Information on the handbook can be found at
http://www.springer.com/west/home/environment?SGWID=4-198-22-52077682-0.
Information on the course can be provided by Dr. Dick Brus dick.brus@wur.nl) and Dr. Martin Knotters (martin.knotters@wur.nl)
About the teachers
Dick Brus and Martin Knotters are experienced consultants on sampling in various projects on environmental monitoring. The handbook ‘Sampling for Natural Resource Monitoring’, of which they are co-authors, is widely acclaimed in soil, earth, environmental, agriculture, and statistical sciences:
• European Journal of Soil Science:
“This is an indispensable and timely book. ... No one should plan a monitoring scheme at any spatial or temporal scale without considering all the issues that are raised here.”
• Soil Science Society of America Journal:
“..even a cursory review of the material presented in this book has the potential to significantly increase the quality of both new and ongoing studies while reducing their cost.”
• Mathematical Geosciences:
“This is a quite different and unique book about sampling that should be required reading for everyone working in the earth and environmental sciences”.