Model:LOADEST

Contact

Name	Rob Runkel
Type of contact	Technical contact
Institute / Organization	U.S. Geological Survey
Postal address 1	Denver Federal Center
Postal address 2
Town / City	Lakewood
Postal code	80225
State	Colorado
Country	USA"USA" is not in the list (Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Andorra, Angola, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Austria, ...) of allowed values for the "Country" property.
Email address	runkel@usgs.gov
Phone	303/236-4882 ext. 285
Fax	303/236-4912

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LOADEST

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Summary Also known as Model type Single Model part of larger framework Note on status model Date note status model biogeochemistry, water quality, Technical specs Supported platforms Unix, Linux, Windows Other platform Programming language Fortran77 Other program language Code optimized Single Processor Multiple processors implemented Nr of distributed processors Nr of shared processors Start year development 2001 Does model development still take place? No If above answer is no, provide end year model development 2005 Code development status When did you indicate the 'code development status'? Model availability As code Source code availability (Or provide future intension) Through web repository Source web address http://water.usgs.gov/software/loadest/ Source csdms web address Program license type Other Program license type other U.S. Government software product Memory requirements -- Typical run time -- In/Output Describe input parameters Given a time series of streamflow, additional data variables, and constituent concentration, LOADEST assists the user in developing a regression model for the estimation of constituent load (calibration). Input format ASCII Other input format Describe output parameters Estimated constituent loads Output format ASCII Other output format Pre-processing software needed? No Describe pre-processing software Post-processing software needed? No Describe post-processing software Visualization software needed? No If above answer is yes Other visualization software Process Describe processes represented by the model -- Describe key physical parameters and equations -- Describe length scale and resolution constraints -- Describe time scale and resolution constraints -- Describe any numerical limitations and issues -- Testing Describe available calibration data sets -- Upload calibration data sets if available: Describe available test data sets See applications described in software documentation http://water.usgs.gov/software/loadest/doc/ Upload test data sets if available: Describe ideal data for testing -- Other Do you have current or future plans for collaborating with other researchers? -- Is there a manual available? Yes Upload manual if available: Media:Loadest.pdf Model website if any http://water.usgs.gov/software/loadest/ Model forum / discussion board Comments http://water.usgs.gov/software/loadest/ Introduction History Papers Issues Help Input Files Output Files Download source code