Sampling Plan Development

The development of defensible sample plans was has been a continuing focus area for the DSTs featured on this page. Tools for sample plan development assist environmental professionals needing support in answering questions about sample design, such as: development of defensible sample plans was has been a continuing focus area for the DSTs featured on this page. Tools for sample plan development assist environmental professionals needing support in answering questions about sample design, such as:
• How many samples are needed to establish whether a constituent is elevated above background at a site?
• Where should new samples be located in relation to existing samples?

FIELDS	Visualization	■	F	xls     dbf     dxf      jpg    Yes	√        √       √        √         √         √	√       √        NA      √        √	•GIS Technician
Software Home Page	Initial Sampling	□		txt      shp      tif			• Statistician
	Secondary Sampling	■		wmf			•Staff familiar with
	Geospatial Interpolation	■		eps			interpolation techniques
	Cost-Benefit Analysis	□
	Human Health Risk Assessment	□
	Ecological Risk Assessment	□
R.A.T.	Collects and maps data real-time	□	I/F	NA     dbf      jpg     shp     No	√        √       √        NA       √        √	√       NA       √       NA       NA	•Air Quality Specialist
Software Home Page	Create Sample Designs	■		csv      shp			•Engineer
	Perform analysis and basic statistics	■		dxf			•Geochemist
				ASCII grids			•Field Staff
SADA	Visualization	■	F	csv     csv      dxf     jpg     Yes	√        √       √        √         √         √	√       √        NA      √        √	•Risk Assessor
Software Home Page	Initial Sampling	□		shp			•Statistician
	Secondary Sampling	■					•Staff Familiar with
	Geospatial Interpolation	■					interpolation techniques
	Statistical Analysis	□
	Human Health Risk Assessment	□
	Ecological Risk Assessment	□
	Cost-Benefit Analysis	□
VSP	Visualization	■	I/F	txt        txt     dxf      dxf     Yes	√        √       √        √         √         √	√        √         √        √         √	•Statistician
Software Home Page	Initial Sampling	■		xls                 shp     shp
	Secondary Sampling	■		csv                          emf
	Statistical Analysis	■		rtf
	Cost-Benefit Analysis	□

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.

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