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JUPITER API—The Joint Universal Parameter IdenTification and Evaluation of Reliability Application Programming Interface

An Application Programming Interface (API) to facilitate building of model-analysis software.

Information

The JUPITER API provides resources for programming applications (computer programs) designed to analyze process models. Process models simulate, for example, physical, chemical, and(or) biological processes of a site or experiment of interest. The analyses involved could include sensitivity analysis, data needs assessment, calibration, uncertainty evaluation, optimization, and other types of applications that require similar capabilities. The API is programmed in Fortran-90. It can be used in applications programmed in Fortran or other languages that can be linked with Fortran.

• Readme file
• Current version is 1.7.3 (8/6/2013). Please see release notes.

JUPITER API Source Code and Example Applications Compiled for...

• MS-DOS Console, run under Microsoft Windows 9x, NT 4.0, Windows 2000, Windows XP, or Windows Vista (3.2MB)

For other operating systems, please download the Windows distribution and use a Fortran-90 compiler to produce executable files of the example applications.

Documentation

The JUPITER API documentation includes descriptions of the conventions, data, subroutines, functions, and generic interfaces that constitute the API. Three example applications also are documented.

• Banta, E.R., Poeter, E.P, Doherty, J.E., and Hill, M.C., 2006, JUPITER: Joint Universal Parameter IdenTification and Evaluation of Reliability - An Application Programming Interface (API) for Model Analysis: U.S. Geological Survey Techniques and Methods 6–E1, 268 p.

Support

Support is provided for correcting bugs and clarification of how the code is intended to work. Little or no assistance can be provided for use of the JUPITER API in applications written by developers.

For support, contact:

• Ned Banta, erbanta@usgs.gov
• Eileen Poeter epoeter@mines.edu, or
• Mary Hill mchill@usgs.gov.

Notification of Releases

If you would like to be notified by email when each new version of the JUPITER API is released, please send your request by email to Ned Banta, erbanta@usgs.gov.

Model-Analysis Applications Built Using the JUPITER API

• UCODE_2005 — UCODE_2005 and six post-processors are included. These programs can be used with existing process models to perform sensitivity analysis, data needs assessment, calibration, prediction, and uncertainty analysis.



• OPR-PPR — A computer program for assessing data importance to model predictions using linear statistics



• MMA — A computer code for Multi-Model Analysis



• ModelMate — A graphical user interface designed to facilitate model analysis by software applications that invoke model simulations as external processes. ModelMate supports UCODE_2005 and MODFLOW-2005.



• SIM_ADJUST — A computer code that adjusts simulated equivalents for observations

Point of contact for JUPITER API — Ned Banta