Spatial Analysis and Decision Assistance

References and Applications

If you have a reference or a site where you used SADA to be listed on this page then send the relevant details to sada@tiem.utk.edu.

Literature and Regulatory Guidance References for SADA:

• Department of Energy 2005. Sampling and Analysis Plan for Site Investigation and Risk Assessment of the Surface Water Operable Unit (On-site) at the Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant, Paducah, Kentucky. DOE/OR/07-2137&D2/R2. (link)
• Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality 2005. The Triad Approach to Environmental Investigations. p. 8. (link)
• US Environmental Protection Agency 2005. Decision Support Tools- Development of a Screening Matrix for 20 Specific Software Tools. Office of Superfund Remediation and Technology Innovation. Brownfields and Land Revitalization Technology Support Center. (link)
• US Environmental Protection Agency 2005. Presentation on Update on Joint Federal Remediation Technologies Roundtable Report Initiatives. (link)
• US Environmental Protection Agency 2005. Case Study: Use of a Decision Support Tool: Using FIELDS and SADA to Develop Contour Maps of Contaminant Concentrations and Estimate Removal Volumes for Cleanup of Soil at the Marino Brothers Scrapyard Site, Rochester Borough, Pennsylvania. (link)
• Bittens, M. 2004. Fate and Behavior Data Acquisition Session. Innovative Management of Groundwater Resources in Europe- Training and RTD Coordination (Image-Train). (link)
• Linkov, I, A. Varghese, S. Jamil, T.P. Seager, G. Kiker, and T. Bridges 2004. Multi-criteria decision analysis: A framework for structuring remedial decisions at contaminated sites. In Linkov, I. and Ramadan, A. eds. Comparative Risk Assessment and Environmental Decision Making. Kluwer 2004 , p. 15-54. (link)
• Lynch, K.P. 2004. Triad Characterization of Soil Contamination at Former Small Arms Training Ranges. National Site Assessment Symposium. San Diego, CA. (link)
• Meck, R.A., G. Powers, C. Gogolak, A. Williams, D. Albreth, R. Bhat, D. Caputo, S. Doremus, K. Klawiter, and C. Putello 2004. MARSSIM (Multi-Agency Radiation Survey and Site Investigation Manual) Plus: Measurement Methods for Clean-up, Materials and Equipment, and Subsurface Radioactivity. 11th International Conference of the International Radiation Protection Association. Madrid, Spain. (link)
• Puckett, G. and T.C. Shaw 2004. Triad case study: Former small arms training range. Remediation Journal. 15:1(79-97). (link)
• Sunila, R, E. Laine, O. Kremonova 2004. Fuzzy model and kriging for imprecise soil polygon boundaries. Geoinformatics 2004. Proc. 12th Int. Conf. on Geoinformatics, Sweden. (link)
• US Environmental Protection Agency 2004. Sampling Design and Decision Support Tools. (link)
• US Environmental Protection Agency 2004. Key Triad References. Technology News and Trends. (link)
• US Environmental Protection Agency 2004. EPA National Notable Achievement Awards: Brenda Jones. (link)
• US Environmental Protection Agency 2004. Decision Support Tools Matrix Status Update. (link)
• US Navy 2004. Navy Guidance for Conducting Ecological Risk Assessments. (link)
• Bechtel Jacobs 2003. Cleanup Progress 2003: Annual Report to the Oak Ridge Community. (link)
• Federal Remediation Technologies Roundtable Meeting 2003. Decision Support Tools for Remediation. June 11, 2003. Arlington, VA. (link)
• Knowlton, R.G., D.M. Peterson, and H. Zhang 2003. The Use of Decision Support Systems to Address Spatial Variability, Uncertainty, and Risk. In: Spatial Methods for Solutions of Environmental Scales Using Remote Sensing and GIS- Science, Policy, and Standardization, ASTM STP 1420. D.T. Hansen, V.H. Singhroy, R.R. Pierce, and A.I. Johnson, eds. ASTM International: West Conshohocken, PA.
• Franklin, R.B. and A.L. Mills 2003. Multi-scale spatial heterogeneity for microbial community structure in an eastern Virginia agricultural field. FEMS Microbiology Ecology 44:335-346. (link)
• Neuman, S.P. and P.J. Wieranga 2003. A Comprehensive Strategy of Hydrogeologic Modeling and Uncertainty Analysis for Nuclear Facilities and Sites. NUREG/CR-6805. (link)
• New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection 2003. The Triad Approach. (link)
• Sanderson, H. and K.R. Solomon 2003. Precautionary Limits to Environmental Science and Risk Management - Three Types of Decision Errors. The Journal of Transdisciplinary Environmental Studies 2:1(1-5). (link)
• US Environmental Protection Agency 2003. Using the Triad Approach to Streamline Brownfields Site Assessment and Cleanup. Brownfields Technology Primer Series. Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response. (link)
• US Environmental Protection Agency 2002. Sediment Remediation Scoping Project in Minnesota Slip, Duluth Harbor. Great Lakes National Program Office. EPA-905-R-02-002. (link)
• Valavanis, V.D. 2002. Geographic Information Systems in Oceanography and Fisheries. Taylor and Francis, Inc: New York.
• Bardos, R.P., C. Mariotti, F. Marot, and T. Sullivan 2001. Framework for Decision Support used in Contaminated Land Management in Europe and North America. Land Contamination and Reclamation 9:1(149-163). (link)
• Bardos, P., A. Lewis, S. Nortcliff, C. Mariotti, F. Marot, and T. Sullivan 2001. Review of Decision Support Tools and their Use in Europe: Report of Clarinet Working Group 2. Clarinet WG2 Final Report. (link)
• US Environmental Protection Agency 2001. Resources for Strategic Investigation and Monitoring. Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response. EPA 542-F-01-030b. (link)
• Stewart, R.N. 2000. Geospatial Decision Frameworks for Remedial Design and Secondary Sampling. NATO/CCMS Pilot Project Phase III. p.31-41. (link)
• Sullivan, T., A.Q. Armstrong, A.B. Dindal, R.A. Jenkins, J. Osleeb, and E.N. Koglin. Environmental Technology Verification Report. Environmental Decision Support Software. University of Tennessee Research Corporation, Spatial Analysis and Decision Assistance (SADA). EPA/600/R-00/036. (link)
• US Environmental Protection Agency 2000. ETV Joint Verification Statement. EPA-VS-SCM-35. (link)
• Yuracko, K.L., B. Tonn, K. Williams, L. Bishop, and P. Yerace 1999. The Life Cycle Analysis Toolbox. Proceedings of Waste Management '99: Tucson, AZ. (link)
• US Environmental Protection Agency and Department of Energy 1998. Decision Support Software and Technology Demonstration Plan. Environmental Technology Verification Program. (link)

• Tennessee VOAP Sites (Human health risk assessment, remedial design)
• ORNL Homogeneous Reactor Experiment Facility (Spatial analysis, Human health risk assessment, Cost/Benefit analysis, Secondary sampling protocols)
• ORNL Surface Impoudments A and B (Spatial analysis, Concentration screening analysis, Block and site scale decision analysis, Hotspot analysis, Human health risk assessment)
• Oak Ridge Y-12 National Security Complex (Site-wide soils screening, Remedial zone analysis, Human health risk assessment)
• Tennessee Department of Transportation (Human health risk assessment, Ecological risk assessment)
• Fort Campbell, Kentucky (RBCA Human health screening)
• Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant (Spatial analysis, Human health risk assessment)
• Hanford, Washington (Calculation of cultutral-specific Preliminary Remediation Goals)
• EPA Region 4 Florida (Remedial design for Site 15 Skeet Range at NAS Cecil Field)
• EPA Region 5 Indiana (Elliot Ditch/Wea Creek Sediment Ecological risk assessment)
• EPA Region 7 Kansas (Spatial analysis of soil data from Farmland's Petroleum Terminal)