Modeling Protocols

The CWEMF document “Protocols for Water and Environmental Modeling”, originally published in 2000, has been revised and is available at Modeling-Protocols-Report-11-19-2021. We believe that acceptance and implementation of modeling protocols by California’s water community results in better models and modeling studies by:

• Improving the development of models;
• Providing better documentation of models and modeling studies;
• Providing easier professional and public access to models and modeling studies;
  Making models and modeling studies more easily understood and amenable to examination; and
• Increasing stakeholder, decision-maker, and technical staff confidence in models and modeling studies.

Modeling Protocols for Water & Environmental Modeling (January 2000)
Guidance for Quality Assurance Project Plans for Modeling (USEPA, December 2002)