1. General Model Information
Name: RITZ Interactive simulation of the fate of harzadous chemicals during land
Acronym: RITZ
Main medium: terrestrial
Main subject: biogeochemistry
Organization level: ecosystem
Type of model: not specified
Main application:
Keywords: chemical movement, degradation, volatilization, water movement
Contact:
EPA
United States
Environmental Protection
Agency
CSMoS
Center for Subsurface
Modeling Supperot
U.S. EPA NRMRL/SPRD
Ada, OK
EPA CSMoS
Author(s):
D.L. Nofziger, J.R. Williams
Department of Agronomy
Oklahoma State University
Stillwater, OK 74078
Abstract:
The Regulatory and Investigative Treatment Zone Model, RITZ, (Short 1985) was developed to help decision-makers systematically estimate the movement and fate of hazardous chemicals during land treatment of oily wastes. The model considers the downward movement of the pollutant with the soil solution, volatilization and loss to the atmosphere, and degradation. The model incorporates the influence of oil upon the transport and fate of the pollutant. This RITZ model forms the basis of this interactive software system. The software enables users to conveniently enter the required soil, chemical, environmetal, and management parameters and checks the validity of these entries. The user may then select graphical and tabular outputs of the quantities of interest.
The manual describes the basic concepts of RITZ and lists the inherent assumptions. The manual, also, describes the use of the interactive software and the hardware and software requirements for it. Illustrative examples of the software are presented. The appendix includes a list of the mathematical equations used in the software.
II. Technical Information
II.1 Executables:
Operating System(s):
Download Installation Instructions for all CSMoS Software
Download RITZ Installation Disk MS-DOS, PC-DOS
II.2 Source-code:
Programming Language(s):
II.3 Manuals:
Download RITZ Documentation
II.4 Data:
III. Mathematical Information
III.1 Mathematics
III.2 Quantities
III.2.1 Input
III.2.2 Output
IV. References
Short, Thomas E., 1985. Movements of contaminants from oily wastes during land treatment. Proceedings of Conference on Environmental and Public Health Effects of Soils Contaminated with Petroleum Products, Amherst, MA.
V. Further information in the World-Wide-Web
VI. Additional remarks
Last review of this document by: R. Patzak : 15. October 1997
Status of the document:
last modified by
Tobias Gabele Wed Aug 21 21:44:48 CEST 2002