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Spatial Analysis and Decision Assistance
SADA Training: Goteborg, Sweden
Environmental Assessment Methods Using SADA, September 12-15, 2005
The Swedish Geotechnical Institute (SGI) is hosting a
32 hour course on applying SADA to environmental assessment problems in Gteborg, Sweden. The course is
taught by the developers of the software. Cost for the course is €1250, the software is free. Users are to bring a laptop
with SADA installed on it.
Spatial Analysis and Decision Assistance (SADA) is free software that incorporates tools from environmental
assessment fields into an effective problem-solving environment. These tools include integrated modules
for visualization, geospatial analysis, statistical analysis, human health risk assessment, ecological
risk assessment, cost/benefit analysis, sampling design, and decision analysis. The capabilities of SADA
can be used independently or collectively to address site specific concerns when characterizing a
contaminated site, assessing risk, determining the location of future samples, and when designing remedial
action. Students will be given a broad-based introduction to environmental assessment methods and SADA and
will have ample understanding of how to use SADA as well as how to implement it for decision-making
applications at environmental sites.
SADA Preliminary schedule
- Monday September 12th
- 9:00-10:00 Introductions, SADA Overview
- 10:00-10:30 Create SADA File
- 10:30-10:45 Break
- 10:45-11:30 Initial Sample Designs
- 11:30-12:30 Lunch
- 12:30-1:00 Practice Session 1
- 1:00-1:30 Importing Data Into SADA
- 1:30-2:30 Exploration Tools/Statistics
- 2:30-2:45 Break
- 2:45-3:30 Exploration Tools/Statistics (hypotheses test)
- 3:30-4:30 Practice Session 2
- Tuesday September 13th
- 9:00-10:00 Basic Spatial Analysis Tools
- 10:00-10:30 Practice Session 3
- 10:30-10:40 Break
- 10:40-11:30 Advanced Spatial Analysis Tools
- 11:30-12:30 Lunch
- 12:30-2:00 Advanced Spatial Analysis Tools (cont.)
- 2:00-2:15 Break
- 2:15-3:15 Advanced Spatial Analysis Tools (cont.)
- 3:15-4:30 Practice Session 4
- Wednesday September 14th
- 9:00-10:15 3D Spatial Statistics
- 10:15-10:30 Break
- 10:30-11:30 Human Health Risk
- 11:30-12:30 Lunch
- 12:30-1:15 Custom Analysis
- 1:15-2:15 Ecological Risk
- 2:15-2:30 Break
- 2:30-4:00 Decision Analysis
- Thursday September 15th
- 9:00-9:15 Decision Analysis (cont.)
- 9:15-10:00 Practice Session 6
- 10:00-10:15 Break
- 10:15-11:30 Secondary Sample Design
- 11:30-12:30 Lunch
- 12:30-1:45 Practice Session 7
- 1:45-2:00 Break
- 2:00-3:00 Geobayesian Approach
- 3:00-3:30 Summary, Comments & Reflections
- 3:30-4:30 Time for complementary issues (optional)
Practice sessions are used to supplement lecture materials. Instructors are Peter Starzec
(peter.starzec@swedgeo.se) from
the Swedish Geotechnical Institute and Tom Purucker and
Robert Stewart from The Institute for Environmental Modeling in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at the
University of Tennessee (sada@tiem.utk.edu).
Meals are not included, though refreshments are served twice a day. Participants will receive a complete training material.
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