Open-source tools for environmental modeling

Springer Handbook of Geographic Information

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 967-984

  Jolma, Ari ^a   Ames, Daniel P ^b   Horning, Ned ^c   Mitasova, Helena ^d   Neteler, Markus ^e   Racicot, Aaron ^f   Sutton, Tim ^g  

^a AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^b IDAHO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

^d NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e RESEARCH AND INNOVATION CENTRE   (Italy)

^f Z Pulley Inc   (United States)

^g Linfiniti Consulting CC   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Environmental management; Environmental modeling; Geographical information systems; Open source software; Open source tools for environmental modeling

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HIGH LEVEL LANGUAGES; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; OPEN SYSTEMS; WEB SERVICES;

ENVIRONMENTAL MODEL; ENVIRONMENTAL MODELING AND MANAGEMENTS; FREE AND OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARES; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION; GEOSPATIAL SOFTWARE; MANAGEMENT PROJECTS; OPEN SOURCE TOOLS; SOFTWARE PLATFORMS;

OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE;

EID: 85022204348     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-72680-7_31     Document Type: Chapter

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