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Monday, February 02, 2004

EPA announces release of inventory of frequently used models

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Council on Regulatory Environmental Modeling has created a draft of a Knowledge Base of 90 models that are highly used by the agency. The agency enables review of the models, soliciting commentary from "model developers, decision makers and the public." It is anticipated that this release will assist environmental management and decision-making. You can browse a complete list of available models, or search by keyword or select from a subject tree, the "hierarchy of environmental indicators. " (Source: EPA models and data are now available on the web, Chemical and Engineering News, February 2, 2004, p.20; access restricted to subscribers.) (See an earlier posting by Peter Suber about open access to EPA projects and data.)