Winston, A., and Winston, R.B., 1980, Unperturbed Molecular Dimensions of Polyacrylamide in Water. Journal of Polymer Science: Polymer Letters Edition, 18: 119-122.
Richard B Winston, Ph.D.
Biography
I develop and document new software utilities to facilitate simulation of groundwater systems, using a variety of documented models, and provide support for users inside and outside the USGS. The programs I have written or helped write include
- ModelMuse,
- ListingAnalyst,
- MODFLOW GUI,
- SutraGUI,
- GW_Chart, and
- Model Viewer.
I also maintain an Online Guide to MODFLOW (http://water.usgs.gov/nrp/gwsoftware/modflow2000/MFDOC/)
University of Maryland, Geology (hydrogeology),1991-1994, Ph.D.,1994
University of Illinois, Geology (paleobotany),1982-1986, Ph.D.,1986
University of Illinois, Botany,1980-1982, M.S.,1982
West Virginia University, Geology,1976-1980, B.S.,1980
West Virginia University, Biology,1976-1980, A.B.,1980
I develop and document new software utilities to facilitate simulation of groundwater systems, using a variety of documented models, and provide support for users inside and outside the USGS.
PREVIOUS PROFESSIONAL POSITIONS
DATES From: 1997 To: 1998
Consultant to Argus Interware
I created plug-ins for the Argus ONE software to support MT3DMS and HST3D. I also provided customer support.
DATES From: 1994 To: 1997
Asst. Professor, Dept. of Geology and Geophysics, Louisiana State University
I taught classes in Hydrogeology and Historical Geology and conducted hydrologic research.
DATES From: 1987 To: 1991
Geologist, Alabama Geological Survey
I conducted research in coal geology, especially with respect to coal-bed methane. I also did research on paleobotany.
Science and Products
Year Published: 2019
ModelMuse Version 4: A graphical user interface for MODFLOW 6
ModelMuse, a graphical user interface for groundwater-modeling software, was modified to support MODFLOW 6. ModelMuse works with two types of spatial discretization in MODFLOW 6: structured grids (DIS) and discretization by vertices (DISV). Quadtree refinement is used to generate a DISV model from a structured-grid model. The locations and weights...
Winston, Richard B.Attribution: Water Resources
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Winston, R.B., 2019, ModelMuse version 4—A graphical user interface for MODFLOW 6: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2019–5036, 10 p., https://doi.org/10.3133/sir20195036.
Year Published: 2018
Performance assessments of a novel well design for reducing exposure to bedrock‐derived arsenic
Arsenic in groundwater is a serious problem in New England, particularly for domestic well owners drawing water from bedrock aquifers. The overlying glacial aquifer generally has waters with low arsenic concentrations but is less used because of frequent loss of well water during dry periods and the vulnerability to surface‐sourced bacterial...
Winston, Richard B.; Ayotte, Joseph D.Attribution: Water Resources
Year Published: 2018
ModelArchiver—A program for facilitating the creation of groundwater model archives
ModelArchiver is a program designed to facilitate the creation of groundwater model archives that meet the requirements of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) policy (Office of Groundwater Technical Memorandum 2016.02, https://water.usgs.gov/admin/memo/GW/gw2016.02.pdf, https://water.usgs.gov/ogw/policy/gw-model/). ModelArchiver version 1.0 leads...
Winston, Richard B.Attribution: Water Resources,
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Winston, R.B., 2018, ModelArchiver—A program for facilitating the creation of groundwater model archives: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2017–1149, 15 p., https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr20171149.
Year Published: 2018
Volume-weighted particle-tracking method for solute-transport modeling; Implementation in MODFLOW–GWT
In the traditional method of characteristics for groundwater solute-transport models, advective transport is represented by moving particles that track concentration. This approach can lead to global mass-balance problems because in models of aquifers having complex boundary conditions and heterogeneous properties, particles can originate in cells...
Winston, Richard B.; Konikow, Leonard F.; Hornberger, George Z.Attribution: Water Resources,
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Winston, R.B., Konikow, L.F., and Hornberger, G.Z., 2018, Volume-weighted particle-tracking method for solute-transport modeling; Implementation in MODFLOW–GWT: U.S. Geological Survey Techniques and Methods, book 6, chap. A58, 44 p., https://doi.org/10.3133/tm6A58.
Year Published: 2017
Visualization of groundwater withdrawals
Generating an informative display of groundwater withdrawals can sometimes be difficult because the symbols for closely spaced wells can overlap. An alternative method for displaying groundwater withdrawals is to generate a “footprint” of the withdrawals. WellFootprint version 1.0 implements the Footprint algorithm with two optional variations...
Winston, Richard B.; Goode, Daniel J.View Citation
Winston, R.B., and Goode, D.J., 2017, Visualization of groundwater withdrawals: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2017–1137, 8 p., https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr20171137.
Year Published: 2017
The role of uplift and erosion in the persistence of saline groundwater in the shallow subsurface
In many regions of the world, the shallow (<300 m) subsurface is replenished with meteoric recharge within a few centuries or millennia, but in some regions saline groundwater persists despite abundant rainfall. Analyses of the flushing rate of shallow groundwater usually consider the permeability and recharge rate and a static landscape....
Yager, Richard M.; McCoy, Kurt J.; Voss, Clifford I.; Sanford, Ward E.; Winston, Richard B.Attribution: Virginia and West Virginia Water Science Center, Water Resources, Region 1: North Atlantic-Appalachian
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Yager, R. M., K. J. McCoy, C. I. Voss, W. E. Sanford, and R. B. Winston (2017), The role of uplift and erosion in the persistence of saline groundwater in the shallow subsurface, Geophys. Res. Lett., 44, 3672–3681, doi:10.1002/2017GL072980.
Year Published: 2014
ListingAnalyst: A program for analyzing the main output file from MODFLOW
ListingAnalyst is a Windows® program for viewing the main output file from MODFLOW-2005, MODFLOW-NWT, or MODFLOW-LGR. It organizes and displays large files quickly without using excessive memory. The sections and subsections of the file are displayed in a tree-view control, which allows the user to navigate quickly to desired locations in the...
Winston, Richard B.; Paulinski, ScottAttribution: Water Resources,
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ListingAnalyst: A program for analyzing the main output file from MODFLOW; 2014; Article; Journal; Groundwater; Winston, Richard B.; Paulinski, Scott
Year Published: 2014
Modifications made to ModelMuse to add support for the Saturated-Unsaturated Transport model (SUTRA)
This report (1) describes modifications to ModelMuse,as described in U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Techniques and Methods (TM) 6–A29 (Winston, 2009), to add support for the Saturated-Unsaturated Transport model (SUTRA) (Voss and Provost, 2002; version of September 22, 2010) and (2) supplements USGS TM 6–A29. Modifications include changes to the...
Winston, Richard B.Attribution: Water Resources,
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Modifications made to ModelMuse to add support for the Saturated-Unsaturated Transport model (SUTRA); 2014; TM; 6-A49; Section A: Ground water in Book 6 Modeling Techniques; Winston, Richard B.
Year Published: 2009
ModelMuse - A Graphical User Interface for MODFLOW-2005 and PHAST
ModelMuse is a graphical user interface (GUI) for the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) models MODFLOW-2005 and PHAST. This software package provides a GUI for creating the flow and transport input file for PHAST and the input files for MODFLOW-2005. In ModelMuse, the spatial data for the model is independent of the grid, and the temporal data is...
Winston, Richard B.View Citation
ModelMuse - A Graphical User Interface for MODFLOW-2005 and PHAST; 2009; TM; 6-A29; Chapter 29 of Section A, Ground Water, Book 6, Modeling Techniques; Winston, Richard B.
Year Published: 2007
BAT3 Analyzer: Real-time data display and interpretation software for the multifunction bedrock-aquifer transportable testing tool (BAT3)
The BAT3 Analyzer provides real-time display and interpretation of fluid pressure responses and flow rates measured during geochemical sampling, hydraulic testing, or tracer testing conducted with the Multifunction Bedrock-Aquifer Transportable Testing Tool (BAT3) (Shapiro, 2007). Real-time display of the data collected with the Multifunction BAT3...
Winston, Richard B.; Shapiro, Allen M.Attribution: Environmental Health, Toxic Substances Hydrology Program
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BAT3 Analyzer: Real-Time Data Display and Interpretation Software for the Multifunction Bedrock-Aquifer Transportable Testing Tool (BAT3); 2007; OFR; 2007-1105; Winston, Richard B.; Shapiro, Allen M.
Year Published: 2006
GoPhast: A graphical user interface for PHAST
GoPhast is a graphical user interface (GUI) for the USGS model PHAST. PHAST simulates multicomponent, reactive solute transport in three-dimensional, saturated, ground-water flow systems. PHAST can model both equilibrium and kinetic geochemical reactions. PHAST is derived from HST3D (flow and transport) and PHREEQC (geochemical calculations). The...
Winston, Richard B.Attribution: Environmental Health, Toxic Substances Hydrology Program
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GoPhast: a graphical user interface for PHAST; 2006; TM; 6-A20; Book 6: Modeling techniques, Section A. Ground-water; Winston, Richard B.
Year Published: 2004
Guidelines for Evaluating Ground-Water Flow Models
Ground-water flow modeling is an important tool frequently used in studies of ground-water systems. Reviewers and users of these studies have a need to evaluate the accuracy or reasonableness of the ground-water flow model. This report provides some guidelines and discussion on how to evaluate complex ground-water flow models used in the...
Reilly, Thomas E.; Harbaugh, Arlen W.View Citation
Guidelines for Evaluating Ground-Water Flow Models; 2004; SIR; 2004-5038; Reilly, Thomas E.; Harbaugh, Arlen W.
Pre-USGS Publications
Winston, R.B., 1983, A Late Pennsylvanian upland flora in Kansas: Systematics and environmental implications. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology, 40: 5-31.
Winston, R.B., 1984. The Upper Pennsylvanian conifer, Walchia garnettensis: Structure and affinities. Palaeontographica, 194B, p. 97-108.
Winston, R.B., 1986. Characteristic features and compaction of plant tissues traced from permineralized peat to coal in Pennsylvanian coals (Desmoinesian) from the Illinois Basin. International Journal of Coal Geology, 6: 21-41.
Pashin, J.C., Ward, W.E., II, Winston, R.B., Chandler, R.V., Bolin, D.E., Hamilton, R.P., and Mink, R.M., 1990. Geologic Evaluation of Critical Production Parameters for Coalbed Methane Resources, Part II, Black Warrior basin, Annual report. Geological Survey of Alabama, Gas Research Institute Contract No. 5087-214-1594. 177 p.
Epsman, M.L., Wilson, G.V., Pashin, J.C., Tolson, J.S., Ward, W.E. II, Chandler, R.V., Winston, R.B., Richter, K.E., Hamilton, R.P., and Rheams, L.J., 1988. Geologic Evaluation of Critical Production Parameters for Coalbed Methane Resources, Part II, Black Warrior basin, Annual report. Geological Survey of Alabama, Gas Research Institute Contract No. 5087-214-1544. 178 p.
Winston, R.B., 1988. Paleoecology of Middle Pennsylvanian-age peat-swamp plants in Herrin Coal, Kentucky, U.S.A. International Journal of Coal Geology, 10: 203-238.
Winston, R.B., 1989. Identification of plant megafossils in Pennsylvanian-age coal. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology, 57: 265-276.
Winston, R.B., 1990. Coal-paleobotany of the Mary Lee coal bed of the Pennsylvanian "Pottsville" Formation near Carbon Hill, Walker County, Alabama, in Gastaldo, R.A., Demko, T.M., and Liu, Y. (editors) Carboniferous Coastal Environments and Paleocommunities of the Mary Lee Coal Zone, Marion and Walker Counties, Alabama. Geological Society of America, Southeastern section, guidebook for field trip VI, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, p. 66-72.
Winston, R.B., 1990. Implications of paleobotany of Pennsylvanian-age coal of the central Appalachian basin for climate and coal-bed development. Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 102: 1720-1726.
Winston, R.B., 1990. Vitrinite reflectance of Alabama's bituminous coal. Alabama Geological Survey, Circular 139, 54 p.
Winston, R.B., 1991. A structurally preserved, Lower Pennsylvanian flora from the New Castle coal bed of Alabama. Alabama Geological Survey, Circular 157, 21 p.
Winston, R.B., 1991. Preliminary report on coal quality trends in Upper Pottsville formations coal groups and their relationships to coal resource development, coalbed methane occurrence, and geologic history in the Warrior coal basin, Alabama. Alabama Geological Survey, Circular 152, 53 p.
Winston, R.B., 1991. Coal quality of the Mary Lee coal group and its relationship to coal resource development, coalbed methane, and geologic history in the Warrior coal field, Alabama, in Peters, D.C., (editor) Geology in Coal Resource Utilization. American Association of Petroleum Geologists, TechBooks, Fairfax, Va. p. 369-388.
Winston, R.B., 1993. Reassessment of the evidence for primary fusinite and degradofusinite, Organic Geochemistry, v. 20: 209-221.
Winston, R.B., 1994. Models of the geomorphology, hydrology, and development of domed peat bodies. Geological Society of America Bulletin 106:1594-1604.
Winston, R.B., 1996. Design of an Urban, Groundwater-Dominated, Wetland. Wetlands, 16(4); 524-531.
Winston, R.B., 1997. Problems Associated with Reliably Designing Groundwater-Dominated Constructed Wetlands. Wetland Journal. 9(1): 21-25.
Winston, R.B., 2014, Modifications made to ModelMuse to add support for the Saturated-Unsaturated Transport model (SUTRA): U.S. Geological Survey Techniques and Methods, book 6, chap. A49, 6 p., http://dx.doi.org/10.3133/tm6a49.
Winston, R. B., and Paulinski, Scott. 2014. ListingAnalyst: A Program for Analyzing the Main Output File from MODFLOW. Ground Water. doi: 10.1111/gwat.12054.
Winston, R.B., and Ayotte, J.D., 2015, Simulations of a novel well design for reducing the risk of arsenic contamination (abstract). Geological Society of America Annual Meeting 2015, Baltimore, MD, November 1-4, 2015
Winston, R.B., 2015, ModelMuse as a Graphical User Interface for SUTRA in Maxwell, R., Hill, M., Zheng, C., and Tonkin, M. Editors, MODFLOW and More 2015: Modeling a Complex World, Proceedings: Golden Colorado, p. 330-333.
Yager, R. M., K. J. McCoy, C. I. Voss, W. E. Sanford, and R. B. Winston (2017), The Role of Uplift and Erosion in the Persistence of Saline Groundwater in the Shallow Subsurface, Geophys. Res. Lett., 44, doi:10.1002/2017GL072980.
Date published: February 25, 2020
ModelMuse: A Graphical User Interface for Groundwater Models
ModelMuse is a graphical user interface (GUI) for the U.S. Geological Survey
(USGS) models MODFLOW 6, MODFLOW–2005, MODFLOW-LGR, MODFLOW-LGR2, MODFLOW-NWT,
MODFLOW-CFP, MODFLOW-OWHM, MODPATH, ZONEBUDGET, PHAST, SUTRA 2.2, SUTRA 3.0,
MT3D-USGS, and WellFootprint and the non-USGS model MT3DMS.
Attribution: Water Resources
Date published: March 4, 2019
MODFLOW-2005: USGS Three-Dimensional Finite-Difference Ground-Water Model
MODFLOW 6 is presently the core MODFLOW version distributed by the USGS, but MODFLOW-2005 (the previous core version) is still actively maintained and supported. MODFLOW-2005 simulates steady and nonsteady flow in an irregularly shaped flow system in which aquifer layers can be confined,...
Attribution: Water Resources
Date published: March 4, 2019
MODFLOW-GUI Version 4
MODFLOW-GUI is a preprocessor and postprocessor graphical-user interface for preparing MODFLOW-96, MODFLOW-2000, MODFLOW-2005, MOC3D, MODPATH, and ZONEBDGT input data and viewing model output for use within Argus Open Numerical Environments (Argus ONE).
Attribution: Water Resources
Date published: August 20, 2018
Model Viewer: A Program For Three-Dimensional Visualization of Ground-water Model Results
ModelViewer is a program for three-dimensional visualization of groundwater model results.
Attribution: Water Resources
Date published: August 20, 2018
GW_Chart: A Program for Creating Specialized Graphs Used in Groundwater Studies
GW_Chart is a graphing application for MODFLOW, Zonebudget, and other codes. GW_Chart also converts binary cell-by-cell flow files to text files.
Attribution: Water Resources
Date published: April 23, 2018
Wellfootprint - A Map App for Visualizing Groundwater Withdrawals
Wellfootprint computes a raster map of groundwater withdrawals relative to a user-defined "Depth-Rate Index" (DRI), such as a recharge rate. Dividing each well's withdrawal rate by the length per time DRI yields an area for display for each well's 'footprint' as a circle around each well. Symbols for closely spaced wells are merged to visualize the combined withdrawals equitably.
Attribution: Water Resources, Pennsylvania Water Science Center
Date published: March 13, 2018
Groundwater Transport Process (GWT)
Groundwater Transport Process (GWT) is a three-dimensional ground-water flow and solute-transport model integrated with MODFLOW-2000.
Attribution: Water Resources
Date published: March 6, 2014
SutraGUI: Graphical Pre- and Post-Processor for SUTRA
SutraGUI is a graphical environment for setting up and executing 2D and 3D SUTRA runs, and for visualizing results from 2D SUTRA runs. It is compatible with SUTRA Version 2.2 and requires Argus Open Numerical Environments (Argus ONE) commercial software,
Attribution: Water Resources
Date published: October 25, 2005
ZONECONC
ZONECONC is a postprocessing program that tabulates concentration statistics from concentration data generated by MODFLOW-GWT.
Attribution: Water Resources