Brian Cooper, FIELDS Program Manager Charles Roth, Spatial Data Analyst Sean Ramach, Research Associate

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1 Brian Cooper, FIELDS Program Manager Charles Roth, Spatial Data Analyst Sean Ramach, Research Associate United States Environmental Protection Agency Region 5 Superfund Division cooper.brian@epa.gov

2 Course Overview Background FIELDS ER Software & hardware development What are we trying to achieve Future plans Software walkthrough Emergency Response Exercise

3 FIELDS Capabilities Assistance for: Field Planning Sample designs On site assistance GIS, GPS, bathymetric surveys GIS Mapping Data Storage Monitoring Decision making Technical Reviews Spatial Statistics

4 Where is FIELDS now? Over 100 Region 5 Superfund and Water Division sites Active participation on projects in Regions 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 9, and 10 Training given to individuals from all regions, state and tribal government, and private contractors Technology transfers in China and Latvia Contaminated soil and sediment

5 FIELDS Technology GIS DATABASE Integration GPS VISUALIZATION

6 Software Development System benefits: Speed - Standardization Accuracy - Defendable Clarity - Repeatable RAT FIELDS for ArcView F/S Plus

7 Why develop RAT? Poor real-time spatial data collection methods, storage, and visualization.

8 Why RAT? Developed in-house Data is collected & captured hands-off Uses multiple devices (Radiation, Air, Soil.) Single, multiple, and/or continuous point collection Real-time spatial visualization Immediate data storage Data export

9 Provides real-time continuous field data collection and mapping. Collected data can be contoured at any time allowing easy visualization of data trends. IEL site, Uniontown, Ohio (Radiation Survey)

10 Operation River City Radiation Counts

11 Hardware Integration Any GPS brand name that sends a standard NMEA string can be used depending on accuracy required. This gives you real-time locations requiring no post processing or conversion. GPS Trimble Leica Magellan Any sensor device both analog and digital can be incorporated into the software. Up to three sensors with GPS can be configured at one time. GPS (NMEA) and external devices are linked to a laptop via Serial I/O ports XRF Radiation sensors Air Monitoring Air Particulates

12 Ludlum Radiation Devices 2221 Data logger single value data output half-duplex (data out only) 2350 & 2241 Data Logger Full Duplex (logger sends & receives) Scaler, count, & dose dump Air Monitoring Devices MultiRAE Data RAM Carbon Monoxide Hydrogen Sulfide VOCs, Oxygen, LEL, Carbon Dioxide Full duplex Soil Monitoring Devices XRF Metals Programmed Devices Air Particulates

13 Data streams from the devices and GPS are processed internally and saved directly to a database compatible format for most GIS and database packages ESRI s Shapefile Format Microsoft Access

14 Other GIS data can be imported as background data Provides direct access to a Spatial Oracle database with thematic layers and aerial photographs for the study area to provide background information. Digital Orthoquads Digital Orthoquads Features from GPS Features from GPS Hydrology Hydrology Compilation Map Compilation Map Land cover Land cover Data Import Types ArcView Shapefiles (.shp) ArcInfo ASCII Grids (.asc) AutoCAD (DXF) DBASE Files (DBF) USGS DOQs (TIFs & JPGs) USGS TOPOs

15 Detroit ERT Exercise Aerials are stored on a series of external plug & play USB hard drives. In the future one giant aerial will reside in spatial oracle. Data sent to NARAC for plume modeling Response Response

16 Sample design tools allow instantaneous sample plan development in the field. A navigation tool can then be used to locate sample locations using the GPS. How many samples do I take? Where should I take samples? Built in Sample Design Methodology: Judgmental Random Aligned Grid (Hot Spot) Unaligned Grid

17 Data Export Exports field collected data to the ER Scribe Database and other FIELDS software.

18 Data Export A cellular air-card or satellite system can be used to transfer data to an internet FTP site or account for download by multiple users in real-time.

19 Help Documentation Integrated HELP documentation Step by step training manual with simulation data

20 Deployment Options Region 5 Personal Backpack system Single device Move through tough terrain Mobile Push cart system Ability to run multiple devices Carry batteries for WIFI, GPS, and devices Motorized Kawasaki 4X4 Mule Ability to carry multiple devices Power plug-in Mobilize quickly Carry multiple people

21 Ruby Slippers Exercise Ft. Leavenworth, Kansas Quarry Toganoxie, Kansas July 26-30, 2004 Field OP Center Fairgrounds (Command Center) < 1mR mr/h 5-10 mr/h mr/h > 50 mr/h Source

22 Data can be transmitted from the field and viewed on a mobile computer or in the command center by WI-FI radio networks. (Up to 5 miles line of-site) Infrastructure Mode b Wireless Network Narrow swath directional antenna Pointed Towards Access Point Utilizes 2.4 GHZ frequency Access point with bridge and an Omni-directional antenna Mobile collection with Wide swath directional antennas

23 What does this allow you to do? Remote Desktop and File Sharing Capabilities Team 1 Team 2 Team 3

24 Future Software release 1.1 & training manual (November) Increase external devices Serial/USB or packet delivered I/Os Streamline code for other party device integration Device Dynamic Link Libraries Wireless configurations WIFI Radio 900 MHz, 2.4 GHz, and 5.8 GHz PacketHop, SRI International

25 How PacketHop Works Everyone is connected through virtual routing paths Data travels through multiple devices to get from point A to point B If a device is turned off or moves beyond the reach of its wireless signal new routing paths are created automatically

26 Future Migrate RAT Lite to Windows Mobile & CE Use key components of system Data collection Sample designs Data export Compact flash serial ipaq 4705 Pocket PC WIFI enabled 2 compact flash ports

27 Future Increase device configuration menus MultiRAE 2241 DataRAM Regional training

28 Rapid Assessment Tools: Download (December) Web address: