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Title: Organic acid modeling and model validation: Workshop summary. Final report

Technical Report ·
DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/10188317· OSTI ID:10188317

A workshop was held in Corvallis, Oregon on April 9--10, 1992 at the offices of E&S Environmental Chemistry, Inc. The purpose of this workshop was to initiate research efforts on the entitled ``Incorporation of an organic acid representation into MAGIC (Model of Acidification of Groundwater in Catchments) and testing of the revised model using Independent data sources.`` The workshop was attended by a team of internationally-recognized experts in the fields of surface water acid-bass chemistry, organic acids, and watershed modeling. The rationale for the proposed research is based on the recent comparison between MAGIC model hindcasts and paleolimnological inferences of historical acidification for a set of 33 statistically-selected Adirondack lakes. Agreement between diatom-inferred and MAGIC-hindcast lakewater chemistry in the earlier research had been less than satisfactory. Based on preliminary analyses, it was concluded that incorporation of a reasonable organic acid representation into the version of MAGIC used for hindcasting was the logical next step toward improving model agreement.

Research Organization:
E and S Environmental Chemistry, Inc., Corvallis, OR (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
DOE Contract Number:
FG02-92ER30196
OSTI ID:
10188317
Report Number(s):
DOE/ER/30196-1; CONF-9204207-Summ.; ON: DE93001862
Resource Relation:
Conference: Organic acid modeling and model validation workshop,Corvallis, OR (United States),9-10 Apr 1992; Other Information: PBD: 14 Aug 1992
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English