Environmental Information Systems

Page B, Voigt K (2003) Recent History and Development of Environmental Information Systems and Databases in Germany. Online Information Review 27(l) 37-50... 

Environmental information system in India, http //envis.tropmet.res.in dated Jan 2007... 

Environmental education of and information for employees Environmental information system/database Information collection for internal environmental care Environmental information collection on emissions Regular check of environmental impact Information collection for internal environmental evaluation Regular internal environmental reporting... 

Before these categories are looked upon in depth, the terms environmental data, environmental information, environmental database, and environmental information system should be defined. 

Environmental Information Systems (EIS), used as a technological-organizational infrastructure to provide environmental information from special fields in different environmental databases, are often geographically localized. Therefore environmental information systems are sometimes... 

EPA, Information Systems Inventoy, NTlS kit order no. PB-94-500501, Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, D.C., 1993. 

The second section covers Treliminary List of Computer Applications and Systems of Potential Use Under SARA Title III" and contains a list of computer systems applicable to local planning. The list is not anticipated to be fully comprehensive of the environmental computer systems market nor is it intended to act as an endorsement for any of the listed systems. The list is only intended to serve an initial reference source. Vendor names, addresses, and phone numbers have been provided it is essential that the vendor be contacted to obtain current cost capability, availability, and limitation information for any system of interest. 

Environmental Information Management System and Occupational Health Information System... 

The Select Industrial Discharge System (SIDS) assists exposure assessors and other analysts by consolidating current data contained in various EPA water-related environmental information... 

CERIS - Center for Environmental and Regulatory Information Systems... 

The CESARS database contains comprehensive environmental and health information on chemicals. It provides detailed descriptions of chemical toxicity to humans, mammals, aquatic and plant life, as well as data on physical chemical properties, and environmental fate and persistence. Each record consists of chemical identification information and provides descriptive data on up to 23 topic areas, ranging from chemical properties to toxicity to environmental transport and fate. Records are in English. Available online through CCINFOline from the Canadian Centre For Occupational Health and Safety (CCOHS) and Chemical Information System (CIS) on CD-ROM through CCIN-FOdisc. 

The global atmospheric circulation acts as an enormous filtration system, which depletes high-latitude precipitation of heavy isotope-bearing water molecules. Because of this system, measurements of the stable isotopic composition of the ice sheets and of ocean-floor sediments reveal very important paleo-environmental information (see Sections 18.2.2,18.3.2, and 18.3.3). Here we examine this filtration system at a physical level. This system was first understood by a great Danish geochemist named Willi Dansgaard (Dansgaard, 1964). 

EL = emissions level ERA = Environmental Protection Agency HSDB = Hazardous Substances Data Bank lARC = International Agency for Research on Cancer IRIS = Integrated Risk Information System NIOSH = National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health OEL = occupational exposure limit OSHA = Occupational Safety and Health Administration PEL = permissible exposure limit RAC = reference air concentration REL = recommended exposure limit RCRA = Resource Conservation and Recovery Act RfD = reference dose TLV = threshold limit value TWA = time-weighted average WHO = World Health Organization... 

EPA. 1988d. Reference dose (RfD) Description and use in health risk assessment. Vol. I, Appendix A Integrated risk information system supportive documentation. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Health and Environmental Assessment. EPA 600/8-86-032a. 

IRIS. 1990. Integrated Risk Information System (database). Washington, DC U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. 

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