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Estuarine andCoastal Management • Tools of the
Trade. Proceedings of theTenth National Conference
ofThe CoastalSociety. October 12-15,1986. New
Orleans. LA. Copyright by TheCoastal Society
1987.
THE OCEAN DATA EVALUATION SYSTEM (ODES): A
DECISION SUPPORTTOOL FOR ANALYSIS OF MARINE
AND ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENTAL DATA
E. W. Hogue and Thomas Ginn
TerraTech, Inc.
11820Nontap Way. Suite 100
Belleviie.WA 98005-1927
Joseph Loehle, Kathleen Mcll, and Mark T. Veith
1777 N. Kent
AmericanManagementSystems, Inc.
Arlington,V A 22209
Overview of fiynt-m Goaln and CaiMhllltles
The Ocean Data evaluation System (ODES) is a U.S. EPA computerbased
decision support system located on the U.S. E» National
Computer Center IBM mainframe in Research Triangle Park, NO The
system was developed to help technical staff and resource managers
make informed decisions regarding such activities as the issuance of
discharge permits, designation of discharge sites, approval of
monitoring plans, and assessment of discharge permit compliance.
ODES was developed with two basic components: 1) a database containing
physical, chemical, and 2) a biological environmental data and a
series of analytical tools for data analysis. By integrating these
conrponents into a single system, ODES provides users with the ability
to answer a variety of environmental questionsquickly and efficiently.
The ODES system currently can store a wide variety of environ
mental data from marine monitoring programs. User can access this
information and produce tabular reports (e.g., actual data or data
summaries), graphics (e.g., bar charts, plots of data ever time,
scatterplots, and coastal maps), and statistical analyses (e.g.,
analysis of variance, correlation, regression, and power analysis).
Users can log onto ODES and perform these analyses from any location
in the U.S. using a microcomputer equipped with a modem.
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