Final Peer Review Comments Regarding Housatonic Model Calibration
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This is really the overarching question associated with model calibration: are the models good enough? But the question has to be asked in the framework of what the models will be asked to do, which is to evaluate remedial alternatives. (Problem identification is usually the first step in model evaluation; see, e.g., Ditmars et al., 1987.) The following sketch and discussion provide a framework for addressing this issue in general terms. Supplemental information is provided in the answers to the remaining five questions.
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