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Environmental
models simulate temporal and three dimensional processes relating to the functions
of the earth (atmosphere, hydrology, soil, biology and ecology).
Modelling
and GIS
Environmental
models
Linking
environmental models with GIS
GIS limitations
for environmental modelling
Factors
affecting the quality of model predictions
Examples
of environmental modelling applications using GIS
Spatial
Decision Support Systems (SDSS)
GIS offers
quite sophisticated technology for processing, analysing and visualising digital
spatial data, and RS is useful for collecting land cover information and monitoring
complex land processes.
Together
RS and GIS provide the data and the analysis techniques necessary to create
environmental models, which in turn support decision making relating to natural
resource management.
Read
Reading 2.7 Griffiths, G.H., Lee, J. and Eversham, B.C. (2000). Landscape pattern and species richness; regional scale analysis from Remote Sensing. International Journal of Remote Sensing. 21(13&14), 2685-2704.
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