D.21 Summit Tools

D.21 SUMMIT TOOLS

Approximate Cost: Free (one seat, government, version 2.0)/$100 per sampling location per site (unlimited seats, version 3.0)

Source: Summit Envirosolutions, Inc. (www.summite.com/products.html)

Current Version: v3.0

Operating System Needs: Windows 32 or 64 bit

Input Structure: Simple cross-tab comma-separated values (CSV) file (date, location name, X coordinate, Y coordinate, parameter values)

Overview

SampleOptimizer and SampleTracker can be used for monitoring optimization to reduce sampling costs and perform statistical testing to find potential anomalies in sampling data.

Statistical Functions

Statistical Method	Capability As Is	Capability with Scripts/Add-Ins
Handling of NDs
Simple Substitution	●	N/A
Kaplan-Meier		N/A
ROS		N/A
Cohen/MLE		N/A
Exploratory/Diagnostic Tools
Summary Statistics	●	N/A
Distributional tests		N/A
Outlier tests		N/A
Data transformations	●	N/A
Statistical Design
Statistical Power		N/A
SWFPR		N/A
Contaminant ranking		N/A
Monitoring network optimization	●	N/A
Statistical Limits
Confidence Limits		N/A
Tolerance Limits		N/A
Prediction Limits	●	N/A
Testing Compliance Limits		N/A
Graphics
Plots/Charts	●	N/A
Batch plots	●	N/A
Tweaking of graphics	●	N/A
Statistical Comparisons
t-tests		N/A
ANOVA		N/A
Spatial Analysis
Geostatistics/Mapping	●	N/A
Kriging/Interpolation	●	N/A
Spatial smoothing	●	N/A
Regression/Time Series
Trend Tests		N/A
Mann-Kendall		N/A
Linear regression		N/A
Nonlinear regression		N/A
Theil-Sen line		N/A
Time Series analysis		N/A
Multivariate Analysis
Multiple regression		N/A
Factor/Discriminant analysis		N/A
Bootstrapping		N/A

Capability Ratings:

N/A = Not applicable or not available

● = Full capability

◒ = Some capability

(blank cell) = No capability

Add-Ins Available

The product is compatible and integrated with Summit’s EPIPHINY data management solution ($1000/seat) for import/export to and from multiple formats including spreadsheets, databases, and a variety of text formats.

Ease of Use and Data Import

The tools require Windows (32 or 64 bit, XP or later). You can input data using a CSVcomma separated values file, or in combination with EPIPHINY, to and from many other formats. Documentation and a brief tutorial are provided. The software is designed around an easy-to-use interface that automatically configures the settings based on the input set and allows control of the entire optimization process.

Visualization

Graphics can be generated and modeling can be done with krigingA weighted moving-average technique to interpolate the data distribution by calculating an area mean at nodes of a grid (Gilbert 1987). or inverse distance weighting interpolation methods. Results can be exported to PNG file, to GeoTIFF, or to ESRI Arc Grid.

Primary Uses for Groundwater Data Analysis

SampleOptimizer and SampleTracker are tools for both spatial and spatio-temporal analysis for monitoring network optimization.

Benefits

SampleOptimizer applies mathematical optimization to monitoring networks in an easy-to-use desktop software tool.
SampleTracker reviews new monitoring data against historical data. The software identifies cases where current data deviates from expectations that are based on the historical data set.

Limitations and Data Requirements

The software can perform spatio-temporal analysis but requires at least 4 rounds of past historical data. Sampling optimization is best achieved on sites with at least 15 sampling locations.
Data import formats are limited to CSVcomma separated values files, unless EPIPHINY or another conversion tool is used (Excel can save as a CSV file, for example).

References

Summit Envirosolutions, Inc. 2013. Summit Envirosolutions, Our Products. http://www.summite.com/products.html.

Publication Date: December 2013

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