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Accession Number
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DE2012-1048301
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Title
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BETR Global: A Geographically-Explicit Global-Scale Multimedia Contaminant Fate Model.
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Publication Date
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2011
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Media Count
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12p
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Personal Author
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H. von Waldow H. Wohrnschimmel J. M. Armitage K. Hungerbuhler M. MacLeod P. Tay T. E. McKone W. J. Riley
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Abstract
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We present two new software implementations of the BETR Global multimedia contaminant fate model. The model uses steady-state or non-steady-state mass-balance calculations to describe the fate and transport of persistent organic pollutants using a desktop computer. The global environment is described using a database of long-term average monthly conditions on a 15(sup o) x 15(sup o) grid. We demonstrate BETR Global by modeling the global sources, transport, and removal of decamethylcyclopentasiloxane (D5). Two new software implementations of the Berkeley-Trent Global Contaminant Fate Model are available. The new model software is illustrated using a case study of the global fate of decamethylcyclopentasiloxane (D5).
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Keywords
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Berkeley-Trent (BETR)
Contaminants
Data bases
Decamethylcyclopentasiloxane (D5)
Environmental transport
Geographic areas
Global aspects
Implementation
Mass balance
Pollutants
Polychlorinated biphenyls
Removal
Simulation
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Source Agency
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Technical Information Center Oak Ridge Tennessee
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NTIS Subject Category
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68 - Environmental Pollution & Control
57U - Public Health & Industrial Medicine
57Y - Toxicology
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Corporate Author
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Lawrence Berkeley Lab., CA. Earth Sciences Div.
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Document Type
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Technical report
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Title Note
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N/A
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NTIS Issue Number
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1304
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Contract Number
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DE-AC02-05CH11231
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