CHAPTER 4: Mainmenu (uncert)
The mainmenu (uncert) program is a simple user interface to run the different modules in the UNCERT software
package. It is designed to be a user friendly interface for UNCERT, so that user's can progress through the software in
evaluating their field data, and modeling the site of concern.
Currently it is a very simple interface which allows the user only to execute the different software modules within UNCERT.
As it stands now, mainmenu is used mainly as a convenience in executing software which the user may not be familiar
with, and allowing the user to minimize working in the UNIX command line environment. It is a simple attempt to bring the entire
UNCERT package together into a unified window based environment. It is not recommended that the user try to use this
interface exclusively though. A great deal of functionality in the software would be lost, trying to do so.
Menu Items
Command Line Arguments
Mainmenu divides the UNCERT software up into four main categories, Data Analysis,
Geostatistics,
Modeling, and
Visualization. Under each menu item is a list of the UNCERT modules which are appropriate
to the particular task. In addition to running the different applications, Help about using UNCERT and help about each
of the UNCERT modules is available. The application is shown in Figure 4.1.
Figure 4.1
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The File menu option has only one sub-menu item: Quit. Selecting File:Quit will
terminate mainmenu.
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Data Analysis:Array runs the array application. Array is a program for
performing arithmetic operations on two- and three-dimensional grids. For a full description, see
Chapter 17.
Data Analysis:Distcomp runs the distcomp application. Distcomp is a program designed to compare
populations of different data sets. It can also calcualte basic statistics
like the mean, median, standard deviation, variance, and skew for
data set. It plots the population distributions using histograms, cumulative histograms,
probability plots, P-P plots, and Q-Q plots. For a
full description, see Chapter 7 .
Data Analysis:Graph runs the plotgraph application. Plotgraph is a X-Y graphing
package. It supports normal, semi-log, log-log, and probability plots. For a full
description, see Chapter 5.
Data Analysis:Histogram runs the histo application. Histo basic statistics
program which calculates the mean, median, standard deviation, variance, and skew for
single parameter data. It also plots the frequency distribution of the data using histograms, cumulative histograms,
probability plots, and box and whisker plots. For a
full description, see Chapter 6 .
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Geostatistics:Semivariogram Analysis runs the vario application. Vario is used to
generate experiment and jackknifed experimental semivariograms, cross-
semivariograms, correlograms, semiradograms, semimadograms, etc. For a full
description, see Chapter 8.
Geostatistics:Semivariogram Fit runs the variofit application. Variofit is used to
calculate and model experimental semivariograms (etc.) using least-squares estimation,
latin-hypercube sampling, or manual techniques. For a full description, see Chapter 9.
Geostatistics:Grid runs the grid application. Grid is gridding package which uses
a least-squares, kriging, and trend-surface analysis estimation algorithms. For a full
description, see Chapter 10 .
Kriging:SISIM3D runs the application, sisim. Sisim is a X-windows/motif user
interface which assists in running sisim3d, a indicator kriging, conditional simulation
program developed at Stanford and modified at the Colorado School of Mines to handle
soft data. For a full description, see Chapter 14.
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Modeling:MODFLOW runs the application modmain. Modmain is a user
interface, pre- and post-processor for the USGS ground water flow model, modmain.
For a full description, see Chapter 15.
Modeling:MT3D runs the application mt3dmain. Mt3dmain is a user interface,
pre- and post-processor for the US EPA contaminant transport flow model, MT3D. For
a full description, see Chapter 16 .
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Visualization:Block runs the application block. Block is a three-dimensional
visualization tool for examining regular and irregularly spaced rectangular grids, and
3D data sets. For a full description, see Chapter 13.
Visualization:Contour runs the application Contour. Contour is a two-
dimensional contouring and gradient analysis package used to examine regularly
gridded data. For a full description, see Chapter 11.
Visualization:Surface runs the application surface. Surface is a two-and-a-half-
dimensional visualization tool for examining regularly gridded data. For a full
description, see Chapter 12.
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The help menu item allows the user to get information about what UNCERT is,
how to use mainmenu, and general information about all of the modules callable from
mainmenu.
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Syntax: mainmenu [-help]
or:
Syntax: uncert [-help]
Flag Definitions
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-help = give this help menu.
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