Module Specifications

Distinction between model and module.

Module Groupings and Types

Boundary Conditions
  Plus Operators : pls
  Sync Operators : syn
  User Defined : usr

Each document (in pdf format) includes requirements, recommendations, specifications, test plan and references for FRAMES Modules currently available.

  • ATO Module - FRAMES User Defined Atmospheric Concentration and Deposition File Module Documentation 
  • BBF Module - FRAMES User Defined Body Burden Concentration File Module Documentation 
  • EPF Module - FRAMES User Defined Exposure Pathways File Module Documentation 
  • RIF Module - Test Plan and Baseline Testing Results for FRAMES User Defined Receptor Intake File (RIF) Module User Interface 
  • Source Module - FRAMES User Defined Source Release Module Documentation. Source includes AFF, SCF, WCF and WFF files. 
  • WCF Module - FRAMES User Defined Water Concentration File Module

Database
  Aquatic Benchmarks : ebf
  Aquatic Organism Selector : aos
  Biota-Sediment Accumulation Factor : bsa
  Constituent : con
  Terrestrial Benchmarks : tbf
  Terrestrial Organism Selector : tos
  Terrestrial Screening Levels : tsl

  • MMEDE - A description of a constituent database module available in FRAMES 1.x.

Eco Exposure & Risk
  Eco Health Effects : efx 
  Eco Receptor Intake : eco 
  Eco Tissue Concentrations : ecx 

Fate & Transport
  Air : air
  Source : src
  Vadose Zone : vad
  Aquifer : aqu
  Surface Water : riv
  Overland Flow : ovl

Human Exposure & Risk
  Exposure Pathways : exp
  Receptor Intakes : rcp
  Health Impacts : hei

Reports
  RAGS : rpt
  Report Generator : nes

Viewers
  Viewers : vwr

  • FRAMES viewers - Description of viewer modules available in FRAMES 1.x

System
  Sensitivity : sen

  • SUM3 - Description of sensitivity and uncertainty module available in FRAMES 1.x

 

Import Guidance

SDK Introduction - The introduction page for the Software Developer Kit.
SDK 1.1-1.3 - Call Arguments, ERR file, GID file, and Reading module sections in FRAMES specified files. 
SDK 2.0 - Example of module inclusion 
SDK Tools - Software Development Tools