Acronyms
3TMO | 3-Tiered Monitoring and Optimization Tool |
AIC | Akaike information criterion |
AFCEC | Air Force Civil Engineer Center (formerly AFCEE) |
AFCEE | Air Force Center for Engineering and the Environment (changed to AFCEC) |
ASTM | American Society for Testing and Materials (now known just as ASTM International) |
BIC | Bayesian information criterion |
CERCLA | Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act |
CES | cost-effective sampling |
CSM | conceptual site model |
DQO | data quality objective |
EDA | exploratory data analysis |
ERIS | Environmental Restoration Information System |
FIELDS | |
GRASS | Geographic Resources Analysis Support System |
GRO | Geostatistics for Remediation Optimization |
GSMC | Groundwater Statistics and Monitoring Compliance |
GTS | Geostatistical Temporal-Spatial optimization software |
GUI | graphical user interface |
GWSDAT | Groundwater Spatiotemporal Data Analysis Tool |
IDW | Inverse Distance Weighting |
ISM | Incremental Sampling Methodology |
i.i.d. | independent and identically distributed |
LNAPL | light nonaqueous phase liquid |
LTM | long-term management |
LTMO | long-term monitoring optimization |
MAROS | Monitoring and Remediation Optimization Software |
MNA | monitored natural attenuation |
MSE | mean squared error |
NAPL | nonaqueous phase liquid |
NDMA | nitrosodimethylamine |
PCB | polychlorinated biphenyl |
Q-Q | quantile-quantile |
RBF | radial basis function |
RCRA | Resource Conservation and Recovery Act |
RMSE | Root mean squared error |
SADA | Spatial Analysis and Decision Assistance |
SAS | Statistical Analysis System |
USACE | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers |
USEPA | United States Environmental Protection Agency |
UST | underground storage tank |
VBA | Visual Basic for Applications |
VSP | Visual Sampling Plan |