COMPUTER UTILIZATION IN THE ENVIRONMENTAL AND EARTH SCIENCES: A RECONNAISANCE OF STATUS AND NEEDS.

Abstract

A summary and discussion is given of the first part of a study of computer application and capability in the earth and environmental sciences. These sciences include geology, geography, geophysics, geochemistry, and environmental engineering. In some of these subjects -- notably the geophysical fields of oceanography, atmospheric science, and solid earth geophysics -- computer capability has advanced far beyond that in the more classical fields of geology and geography, and in such aspects of environmental engineering as soil mechanics and sanitary engineering. The study is concerned mainly with these more classical fields in which computer utilization is least advanced. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 31, 1962
Accession Number
AD0420468

Entities

People

  • William C. Krumbein
  • William L. Garrison

Organizations

  • Northwestern University

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Atmospheric Sciences
  • Computers
  • Earth Sciences
  • Ecology
  • Engineering
  • Environmental Engineering
  • Geochemistry
  • Geography
  • Geology
  • Geophysics
  • Glaciology
  • Mechanics
  • Oceanography
  • Sanitary Engineering
  • Soil Mechanics
  • Soil Science

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Geotechnical Engineering.
  • Systems Analysis and Design
  • Theoretical Analysis.