Environmental Early Warning Systems (EEWS): Topic Area Brief Documentation.
Abstract
A brief description is provided for each major area of concern (called 'Topic Areas') that provides user output via environmental impact demand equations in the Environmental Early Warning Systems (EEWS). EEWS is an interactive computer system designed to give U.S. Army planners and decision-makers a quick way to find potential environment-related problems associated with proposed changes in troop strength, mission, facilities, natural resource management, and land use. The system was developed by the U.S. Army Construction Engineering Research Laboratory (USA-CERL). It is designed to help Army managers during the earliest stages of planning and is not a substitute for current planning methods and Impact Statements. To support these capabilities, potential impacts and demands must be estimated; the methods are described by which these estimates have been made for each of the initial 20 Topic Areas that were provided when the system was established in August 1985. Included are definitions of the Topic Areas, major output types, data sources and characteristics, and an explanation of considerations that summarize each Topic Area's major impacts. This report is meant to serve as a reference to facilitate an initial understanding of how the EEWS outputs are derived. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jan 01, 1987
- Accession Number
- ADA178515
Entities
People
- Mark Mcreynolds
- Mary V. Martin
- Robert C. Lozar
- Susan Spencer
- Vasilis Patsilaris
Organizations
- Construction Engineering Research Laboratory