1. 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-ORDColorado State University/USDA-ARS Athens, GAFt. Collins, CO Interagency Steering Committee on Multimedia Environmental Modeling 2013/2014 Annual General Meeting Hosted by the U.S. Department of Energy Forrestal Building Washington, DC February 25-26, 2014

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

3. 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. 4 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.

5. 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

6. Activities (contd) 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

7. Activities (contd) Federal Review Panel OpenTerraWorks Design: IEM framework to modify landscape characteristics EPA, NRC, USGS, ACOE-ERDC, DOI-USFWS, DOI-OSM Status: Completed

8. 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

9. Publications Journal 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

10. Publications (contd) 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