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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-ARSAthens, GA Ft. Collins, CO
Interagency Steering Committee on Multimedia Environmental Modeling2013/2014 Annual General Meeting
Hosted by the U.S. Department of EnergyForrestal BuildingWashington, DC
February 25-26, 2014
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Foster the exchange of information about environmental modeling tools, modeling frameworks, and environmental monitoring databases
Purpose
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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
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Key Federal Collaborators EPA – Gene Whelan, Gerry Laniak, Gabriel Olchin*, Noha Gaber,
Marirosa Molina, Richard Zepp, Keewook Kim, Tom Purucker, Annie Jarabek, Eric Weber, Caroline Stevens, Kurt Wolfe, Rajbir Parmar, Mike Galvin, Justin Babendreier, Mike Cyterski, Tim Dawson, Lourdes Prieto, Katie Price, Craig Barber
USDA-ARS – Olaf David, Yakov Pachepsky, Dorcas Franklin, Mark Borchardt
NRC – Tom Nicholson, Ralph Cady
ACOE-ERDC – Pat Deliman, Billy Johnson, Jeff Gerald, Mark Dortch (retired)
DOE – PNNL: Mitch Pelton, Karl Castleton, Jim Droppo; LBNL: Nigel Quinn
NOAA – Dave Schwab (retired), Kevin Kelleher
NASA – Gary Geller
USGS – Pierre Glynn, Mary Hill, Steve Corsi, Dale Robertson* No longer with the Agency.
Activities
Quantitative Microbial Risk Assessment (QMRA) Program Field studies, Automate the assessment process, and Develop a QMRA
IEM framework EPA, USDA-ARS, USGS Status: Currently Active
SDMProjectBuilder Development Software interface that automates many of the manual steps associated
with setting up a standard watershed assessment; it currently pre-populates HSPF input files for quantitative microbial risk assessments
EPA, DOE-PNNL, USDA-ARS Status: Currently Active, prototype developed
Updates to PEST/PEST++ and Linkages to FRAMES Parameter Estimation Tool for IEM frameworks EPA, NRC, DOE-PNNL Status: Currently Active, being checked
Activities (cont’d)
Linkages to Remote Sensing Data and Large Open Water Body Model
Link NLDAS (and QPE/QP2) Remote sensing data to IEM; Link FVCOM to Watershed and risk models in IEM Framework
EPA, NOAA, USDA-ARS Status: Currently Active
IEM SERDP: Environmental Fate Simulator Chemical Properties Estimator to supply IEM frameworks EPA, DOE-PNNL, ACOE-ERDC Status: Currently Active
IEM ESTCP Joint Proposal: Working Groups 4 and 1 Field Demonstration and Validation of TREECS and EFS for the Risk
Assessment of Contaminants on DoD Ranges ACOE-ERDC, EPA, DOE-PNNL, NRC Status: Currently Active, Funded for CY14-CY16
Activities (cont’d)
Federal Review Panel OpenTerraWorks Design: IEM framework to modify landscape
characteristics EPA, NRC, USGS, ACOE-ERDC, DOI-USFWS, DOI-OSM Status: Completed
Conferences/Workshops 2014 International Environmental Modelling & Software
Society (iEMSs) Biennial Conference, San Diego, CA USA (June 15-19, 2014)
Technical Sessions Innovative Architectures and Approaches of Cloud and Mobile
Technology for Environmental Modeling (Olaf David, Wesley Lloyd, Jim Ascough)
Complexity, Sensitivity, and Uncertainty Issues in Integrated Environmental Models (Jim Ascough, Francesca Pianosi, Timothy Green, Thorsten Wagener, Olaf David, Giorgio Mannina)
Agro-Ecosystem Modeling for Spatial Solutions to Watershed Conundrums (Tim Green, Jim Ascough, Olaf David, Riccardo Rigon, Mark Walbridge)
Wicked Problems and Clumsy Solutions: Are Environmental Modeling Software System Designers Ready to Meet the Ultimate Challenge (Justin E. Babendreier, M. Bruce Beck, Stephen M. Beaulieu)
Environmental Modeling, Software, and Data to Support Quantitative Microbial Risk Assessments (QMRAs) (Gene Whelan, Jeffrey Soller, Yakov Pachepsky)
Workshops Scientific Computing in the Cloud (S. Thomas Purucker)
EPA, USDA-ARS
PublicationsJournal Articles Blaustein, R., Y.A. Pachepsky, R.L. Hill, D.R. Sheldon,
and G. Whelan. 2013. E. coli Survival in Waters: Temperature Dependence. Water Res, 47(2):569–578.
USDA-ARS, EPA
Kim, K., G. Whelan, S.T. Purucker, T.F. Bohrmann, M. Cyterski, M. Molina, Y. Gu, Y.A. Pachepsky, A. Guber, and D. Franklin. 2013. Rainfall-runoff model parameter estimation and uncertainty evaluation on small plots. Hydrol Process (DOI: 10.1002/hyp.10001).
EPA, USDA-ARS
Martinez, G., Y.A. Pachepsky, D.R. Sheldon, G. Whelan, R. Zepp, M. Molina, and K. Panhorst. 2013. Using the Q10 Model to Simulate E. coli Survival in Cowpats on Grazing Lands. Environ Int, 54:1-10
USDA-ARS, EPA
Whelan, G., K. Kim, M.A. Pelton, J.A. Soller, K.J. Castleton, M. Molina, Y.A. Pachepsky, J. Ravenscroft, R. Zepp. 2014. An Integrated Environmental Modeling Framework for Performing Quantitative Microbial Risk Assessments. Environ Modell Softw (Accepted)
EPA, DOE-PNNL, USDA-ARS
Whelan, G., K. Kim, M.A. Pelton, K.J. Castleton, G.F. Laniak, K. Wolf, R. Parmar, J. Babindreier, and M. Galvin. 2014. Design of a Component-based Integrated Environmental Modeling Framework. Environ Modell Softw (Accepted)
EPA, DOE-PNNL
Martinez, G., Y.A. Pachepsky, G. Whelan, A.M. Yakirevich, T.J. Gish, A. Guber, E. Plischke. 2014. Rainfall-induced fecal indicator organisms transport from manured fields: model sensitivity analysis. Environ Int, 63:121-129.
USDA-ARS, EPA
Pachepsky, Y.A., R. Blaustein, R., G. Whelan, D.R. Sheldon. 2014. NOTE: Comparing temperature effects on E. coli, Salmonella, and Enterococcus survival in surface waters. Letters on Applied Microbiology. (Submitted)
USDA-ARS, EPA
Kim, K., G. Whelan, M. Molina, S.T. Purucker, Y.A. Pachepsky, A. Guber, M. Cyterski, J. Ravenscroft, and D. Franklin. 2014. Rainfall-induced release of microbes from manure: model development, parameter estimation, and uncertainty evaluation on small plots. Appl Environ Microb (Submitted)
EPA, USDA-ARS
Guber, A.K., Y.A. Pachepsky, A.M. Yakirevich, D.R. Shelton, G.Whelan, D.C. Goodrich, and C.L. Unkrich. 2014. Modeling Runoff and Microbial Overland Transport with KINEROS2/STWIR Model: Accuracy and Uncertainty as Affected by Source of Infiltration Parameters, J Hydrol, (in Review Process)
USDA-ARS, EPA
Publications (cont’d)
Peer Reviewed Proceedings Whelan, G., K. Kim, R. Parmar, K. Wolfe, M. Galvin, P. Duda,
M. Gray, M. Molina, R. Zepp, Y.A. Pachepsky, J. Ravenscroft, L. Prieto, B. Kitchens. 2014. Using IEM to Automate a Process-based QMRA. International Environmental Modelling and Software Society (iEMSs), 2014 International Congress on Environmental Modelling and Software, Bold Visions for Environmental Modeling, Sixth Biennial Meeting, San Diego, CA USA. June 15-19, 2014 (under development).
EPA, USDA-ARS
Whelan, G., E. Weber, C. Stevens, M.A. Pelton, K. Wolfe, R. Parmar, M. Galvin, S. Hilal, J. Babendreier. 2014. A Chemical Properties Simulator to Support IEM. International Environmental Modelling and Software Society (iEMSs), 2014 International Congress on Environmental Modelling and Software, Bold Visions for Environmental Modeling, Sixth Biennial Meeting, San Diego, CA USA. June 15-19, 2014 (under development).
EPA, DOE-PNNL
Kim, K., K. Price, G. Whelan, M. Galvin, K. Wolfe, P. Duda, M. Gray, Y.A. Pachepsky. 2014. Using Remote Sensing and Radar Meteorological Data to Support Watershed Assessments Comprising Integrated Environmental Modeling. International Environmental Modelling and Software Society (iEMSs), 2014 International Congress on Environmental Modelling and Software, Bold Visions for Environmental Modeling, Sixth Biennial Meeting, San Diego, CA USA. June 15-19, 2014 (under development).
EPA, USDA-ARS
Peer Reviewed Reports Moore, R., A. Hughes, N. Gaber, G. Geller, P.
Glynn, G.F. Laniak, A. Voinov, and G. Whelan. 2013. International Summit on Integrated Environmental Modeling. EPA/600/R/12/728|December 2012|www.epa.gov/research and BGS OR/12/087, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, British Geological Survey, and U.S. Geological Suvey. Washington, DC.
EPA, NASA, USGS
ISCMEM-related Journal Articles 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. 2013. Integrated Environmental Modeling: A Vision and Roadmap for the Future. Environ Modell Softw, 39:3-23.
EPA, USGS, NASA, ACOE-ERDC