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GCSOLAR User's Manual

Manual for GCSOLAR program, which contains a set of routines that compute direct photolysis rates and half-lives of pollutants in the aquatic environment.

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  • GCSolar User Manual (PDF)(43 pp, 2 MB, EPA/600B-18/010)
    The GCSolar computer application contains a set of routines that computes direct photolysis rate constants and half-lives of chemical and biological contaminants in the aquatic environment. The half-lives are calculated as a function of season, latitude, time-of-day, depth in water bodies, and atmospheric ozone layer thickness.