Modeling

A predictive model often forms the nucleus of a DST. Models embody the quantitative relationships that enable environmental professionals to make educated predictions about the state of a system and the system's response to a change. For example, DSTs may be used in the context of environmental decision making to assess changes to the system in response to:
- Removal of a specific volume of contaminated soil
- Initiation of a pump-and-treat remedy
- An acceleration of natural attenuation processes

ARAMS	Conceptual Site Model	■	I	NA     xls       NA     NA     Yes	√        √       √        √         √         √	√       NA       √        √         √	•Risk Assessor
Software Home Page	Statistical Analysis	□		txt
	Ecological Risk Assessment	□
	Human Health Risk Assessment	□
BIOBALANCE	Analytical Modeling	■	I	NA     NA       NA     NA     Yes	NA      √       NA      NA    NA      NA	NA     NA      NA      NA      √
Software Home Page	Site Screening	■					•Hydrogeologist
	Remedial Process Selection	■					•Geochemist
BIOCHLOR	Analytical Modeling	■	I	NA     NA       NA     NA     Yes	NA      √       NA      NA     NA     NA	NA     NA      NA      NA      √
Software Home Page	Site Screening	■					•Hydrogeologist
	Remedial Process Selection	□					• General technical staff familiar with chemical fate and transport
BIOPLUME III	Numerical Modeling	■	I	NA    csv     bmp    bmp   Yes	NA      √       NA      NA     NA     NA	NA     NA      NA      NA      √
Software Home Page	Visualization	□		txt                 avi			•Hydrogeologist
	Remedial Process Selection	■					•General technical staff familiar with chemical fate and transport
BIOSCREEN	Analytical Modeling	■	I	NA    xls       NA      xls      Yes	NA     NA     NA      NA      √        NA	NA     NA      NA      NA      √	•Hydrogeologist
Software Home Page	Remedial Process Selection	□
CAMEO	Database	■	I/F	mer   zip      jpg      jpg     Yes	√        √       √        √         √         √	√        √         √        √         √	•Emergency
Software Home Page	Emergency Response Tool	■		bmp    bmp			Responder
	Analytical Modeling	■		gif/tif   gif/tif
	Regulatory Reporting (EPCRA)	□		pcx     pcx
HSSM	Visualization	■	I/F	dat     NA     NA      bmp    Yes	NA       √       NA      NA       √       NA	√        NA      NA      NA      √	•Hydrogeologist
Software Home Page	Analytical Modeling	■
Johnson-Ettinger model	Human Health Risk Assessment	■	I	NA      xls     NA       NA     Yes	NA       √       NA      NA       √       NA	NA       √          √      NA      NA	•Risk Assessor
Software Home Page	Analytical Modeling	■
MASS FLUX Toolkit	Analytical Modeling	■	I/F	txt     txt       NA      NA     Yes	NA       √       NA      NA       √       NA	NA     NA       NA     NA      √	•Hydrogeologist
Software Home Page	Data Management	■					•Geochemist
	Uncertainty Analysis	■
NAS	Visualization	■	I	NA     NA      NA      xls     Yes	√        √       √        NA       √        √	NA     NA      NA      NA      √	•Hydrogeologist
Software Home Page	Remedial Process Selection	■					•General technical staff familiar
	Analytical Modeling	■					with chemical fate and transport
	Numerical Modeling	□
On Site	Analytical Modeling	■	I	NA     NA     NA      NA       No	√        √       √        √         √         √	√        √         √        √         √	•General technical staff familiar
Software Home Page	Calculators	■					with chemical fate and transport
	Sensitivity Analysis	□
RESRAD	Human Health Risk Assessment	□	I	NA     xls      NA      NA     Yes	NA     NA      NA      NA      NA      √	√       NA      √        √          √	•Risk Assessor
Software Home Page	Ecological Risk Assessment	□					•Technical Staff
	Analytical Modeling	□					familiar with
	Uncertainty Analysis	□					using RESRAD
	Sensitivity Analysis	□
SourceDK	Analytical Modeling	■	I/F	xls      NA      NA     NA     No	NA       √      √         √        √      NA	NA     NA      NA      NA      √	•Hydrogeologist
Software Home Page	Remedial Process Selection	■					•General technical staff familiar with chemical fate and transport
WhAEM 2000	Analytical Modeling	■	I/F	tx       NA     bbm    dxf      No	Any conservative (non-reactive) solutes	NA     NA      NA      NA      √	•Hydrogeologist
Software Home Page	Visualization	■		wl                shp    bln/grd
	Capture Zone Delineation	■		tp              dxf/dwg  shp
				others

Notes:

File input and output formats are represented in the matrix by the file extension.ASCII files, for example are indicated by the extension "txt."

EPCRA = Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-know Act

1 ERPIMS data can be imported through an Access file or a series of text files (.tes, .res, .sam, .ldi).

2 GeoSEM uses several GIS vector and raster file formats: DOD vector product format (VPF) , ESRI product files, CAD drawings (dxf), ASCI II grids, and georeferenced image formats such as geoTIFs, bitmaps, GIFs, JPGs, and ERDAS.

Legend:

N/A Not applicable

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