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SAI (SYSTEMS APPLICATIONS, INCORPORATED) AIRSHED MODEL OPERATIONS MANUALS. VOLUME 1. USER'S MANUAL
Citation:
Ames, J., T. Myers, L. Reid, D. Whitney, AND S. Golding. SAI (SYSTEMS APPLICATIONS, INCORPORATED) AIRSHED MODEL OPERATIONS MANUALS. VOLUME 1. USER'S MANUAL. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, D.C., EPA/600/8-85/007A.
Description:
This report presents a general view of the Systems Applications, Inc. (SAI) Airshed Model as well as detailed operating instructions for the user. Included are discussions of all the files needed to run the model, the data preparation programs that produce each file, the input formats and data preparation methods, samples of input and output, and information flow diagrams that illustrate the job stream control on any computer. Chapter II presents a technical summary of the SAI Airshed Model; Chapter III contains an overview of the model as a system of computer programs, outlining the five main functions that must be performed by users and programs together. Chapter IV discusses some of the concepts and terms basic to an understanding of the system, followed in Chapter V by descriptions of the job control notations that will be used throughout this manual. Chapters VI through XI examine in detail the five main functions of the system, providing input and output definitions and examples, and job control diagrams for each program that must be exercised.