Modeling Tool to Quantify Metal Sources in Stormwater Discharges at Naval Facilities (NESDI Project 455)

Abstract

SSC Pacific and the University of Alabama developed a spreadsheet tool based on the calibration to perform the modeling in a simplified format for use by Navy facility managers. The researchers generated a spreadsheet for each of the three Navy regions (Southwest, Mid-Atlantic, and Northwest) where the calibration was performed to account for differences in model outcomes that were primarily a result of variations in regional rainfall effects. The report provides guidance on the use of the spreadsheet tool, with a particular focus on how to collect and enter key site characterization data from an onsite review of facility drainages. This includes identifying and measuring areas within 53 different source area categories for land use within areas that can be characterized as mostly residential, commercial, or industrial. Using the tool in other Navy regions should be based on how similar rainfall is in the area to the type of rainfall used in calibrating the tool for the three regions.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 2014
Accession Number
ADA622976

Entities

People

  • C. Katz
  • E. Arias
  • K. Sorensen
  • L. Talebi
  • R. Pitt

Organizations

  • Naval Information Warfare Systems Command

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Ground and Sea Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Calibration
  • Department Of Defense
  • Ecology
  • Engineering
  • Geographic Information Systems
  • Governments
  • Information Systems
  • Materials
  • Naval Air Stations
  • Naval Shore Facilities
  • Naval Warfare
  • Navy
  • Particle Size
  • Probability
  • Spreadsheet Software
  • United States
  • United States Government

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Atmospheric Science/Meteorology
  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Environmental Remediation and Restoration.