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Working Group Reports Working Group 1 Software System Design and Implementation for Environmental Modeling

Working Group Reports Working Group 1 Software System Design and Implementation for Environmental Modeling. Gene Whelan, Ph.D. Olaf David, PhD. U.S. EPA-ORD Colorado State University/USDA-ARS Athens, GA Ft. Collins, CO. 2012 ISCMEM Annual General Meeting USGS Headquarters Reston, VA

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Working Group Reports Working Group 1 Software System Design and Implementation for Environmental Modeling

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  1. Working Group Reports Working Group 1 Software System Design and Implementation for Environmental Modeling Gene Whelan, Ph.D. Olaf David, PhD. U.S. EPA-ORD Colorado State University/USDA-ARS Athens, GA Ft. Collins, CO 2012 ISCMEM Annual General Meeting USGS Headquarters Reston, VA November 7-9, 2012

  2. Purpose Foster the exchange of information about environmental modeling tools, modeling frameworks, and environmental monitoring databases

  3. Objectives • Harmonize existing and evolving environmental modeling systems • Investigate and provide guidance and deployable tools for use by multiple frameworks • Promote the standardization of data exchange protocols

  4. Key Federal Collaborators • EPA – Gene Whelan, Gerry Laniak, Gabriel Olchin, NohaGaber, Marirosa Molina, Richard Zepp, Keewook Kim, Tom Purucker, Annie Jarabek, Eric Weber, Caroline Stevens, Kurt Wolfe, RajbirParmar, Mike Galvin, Justin Babendreier, Caroline Stevens, Mike Cyterski, Tim Dawson, Lourdes Prieto, Katie Price, Brenda Kitchens, Craig Barber • USDA – Olaf David, YakovPachepsky, Dorcus Franklin, Mark Borchardt • NRC – Tom Nicholson, Ralph Cady • ACOE-ERDC – Pat Deliman, Billy Johnson, Jeff Gerald, Mark Dortch • DOE – PNNL: Mitch Pelton, Karl Castleton, Jim Droppo; LBNL: Nigel Quinn • NOAA – Dave Schwab, Kevin Kelleher • NASA – Gary Geller • USGS – Pierre Glynn, Mary Hill, Steve Corsi, Dale Robertson

  5. Activities • Updates to PEST/PEST++ and Linkages to FRAMES • Parameter Estimation Tool for IEM frameworks • EPA, NRC, DOE-PNNL • Status: Completed, being checked • Environmental Fate Simulator (SERDP) • Chemical Properties Estimator to supply IEM frameworks • EPA, DOE-PNNL, ACOE-ERDC • Status: Currently Active • Linkages to Remote Sensing Data and Large Open Water Body Model • Link IEM to QPE/QP2 Remote sensing data; Link FVCOM to Watershed and risk models in IEM Framework • EPA, NOAA, USDA • Status: Currently Active

  6. Activities (cont’d) • Quantitative Microbial Risk Assessment (QMRA) Program • Field studies, Automate the assessment process, and Develop a QMRA IEM framework • EPA, USDA, USGS • Status: Currently Active • Federal Review Panel • OpenTerra Works Design: IEM framework to modify landscape characteristics • EPA, NRC, USGS, ACOE-ERDC, DOI-USFWS, DOI-OSM • Status: Currently Active • IEM SERDP/ESTCP Joint Proposal • Modeling Frameworks, Data discovery/retrieval tools, Chemical property estimator, Military reservation applications • ACOE-ERDC, EPA, DOE-PNNL, NRC • Status: Under Development

  7. Workshops • Integrated Environmental Modeling: Lowering the Barriers • Draft IEM Roadmap Implementation Plan • March 2012, Crystal City, VA USA • EPA, NRC, ACOE-ERDC, NASA, USGS • Building for Better Decisions: Multi-Scale Integration of Human Health and Environmental Data (SOT, G2G Program) • Data interoperability, integration, management, and model linkage • May 2012, Research Triangle Park, NC USA • EPA, USGS, NRC, USDA, DOE-PNNL, USDA, ACOE • iEMSs Workshop • CIEM Current Status and Future Direction • July 2012, Leipzig, Germany • EPA, ACOE-ERDC

  8. Publications • Laniak, G.F., G. Olchin, J. Goodall, A. Voinov, M. Hill, P. Glynn, G. Whelan, G. Geller, N. Quinn, M. Blind, S. Peckham, S. Reaney, N. Gaber, R. Kennedy, A. Hughes. 2012. Integrated Environmental Modeling: A Vision and Roadmap for the Future. Environ ModellSoftw (In publication). • EPA, USGS, NASA, ACOE-ERDC • Whelan, G. K. Kim, M.A. Pelton, J.A. Soller, K.J. Castleton, M. Molina, Y. Pachepsky, J. Ravenscroft, and R. Zepp. 2012. An Integrated Environmental Modeling Framework for Performing Quantitative Microbial Risk Assessments. Water SciTechnol(In clearance) • EPA, DOE-PNNL, USDA-ARS • Challenges Confronting Integrated Environmental Modeling (Draft written) • EPA, USGS, NRC, NASA, USDA-ARS, ACOE-ERDC • Parameter Estimation and Uncertainty in KINEROS2/STWIR Runoff Parameters (Draft written) • EPA, USDA-ARS • Blaustein, R., Y. Pachepsky, R.L. Hill, D.R. Shelton, and G. Whelan. 2012. E. coli Survival in Waters: Temperature Dependence. Water Res (Accepted) • USDA-ARS, EPA • Moore, R., A. Hughes, N. Gaber, G. Geller, P. Glynn, G.F. Laniak, A. Voinov, and G. Whelan. 2012. International Summit on Integrated Environmental Modeling. USGS Headquarters, Reston, VA, December 7-9, 2010, British Geological Survey, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, and U.S. Geological Survey (In clearance) • EPA, USGS, NASA • Martinez, G., Y.A. Pachepsky, D.R. Sheldon, G. Whelan, R. Zepp, M. Molina, and K. Panhorst. 2012. Using the Q10 Model to Simulate E. coli Survival in Cowpats on Grazing Lands. Environ Int(Under revision) • USDA-ARS, EPA • Simplified Methods to Support Confirmatory Analyses for Multimedia Modeling Environmental Assessments (Draft written) • EPA, USDA-ARS

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