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Environmental Modeling Community of Practice

EFDC Manuals


This directory contains for following four manuals:

  • EFDC_User_Manual_EPA_Ver-101.pdf
  • EFDC_Hydrodynamics_&_Mass_Transport_Manual.pdf
  • EFDC_Sediment_Contaminant_Transport_Manual.pdf
  • EFDC_Water_Quality_Manual.pdf
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  • EFDC user manual EPA ver 101 (PDF)(231 pp, 1 MB)
  • EFDC Hydrodynamics Mass Transport Manual (PDF)(60 pp, 411 K)
    This is the first volume of the theoretical and computational documentation for the Environmental Fluid Dynamics Code (EFDC). It describes the hydrodynamics and mass transport aspects of the EFDC three-dimensional computer code for environmental fluid flows.
  • EFDC Sediment Contaminant Transport Manual (PDF)(96 pp, 631 K)
    This is the second volume of the theoretical and computational documentation for the Environmental Fluid Dynamics Code (EFDC). It describes the internally linked sediment and contaminant transport modules in EFDC.
  • EFDC Water Quality Manual (PDF)(90 pp, 606 K)
    This is the third volume of the theoretical and computational documentation for the Environmen tal Fluid Dynamics Code (EFDC). It describes the internally linked water quality module in EFDC.