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

Decision Support Software Tool Functions Function Evaluated Interactive or File Tabular Input and Output Graphical Input and Output and Print Report? Contaminants: Metals, Chlorinated Solvents, SVOCs, Pesticides PCBs, Petroleum, Radionuclides Media: Soil/Sediment, Soils Gas, Air, Surface Water, Groundwater Potential Technical Team Members
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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