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Richard B Winston, Ph.D.

Richard Winston is a Hydrologist with the USGS Water Resources Mission Area. 

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

MODFLOW-2005 model used to simulate water-table response to climate-change-driven sea-level rise and changes in recharge, Gateway National Recreation Area, Sandy Hook Unit, New Jersey

A MODFLOW-2005 model, using the SWI2 package, was developed for the Sandy Hook Unit, Gateway National Recreation Area (hereafter Sandy Hook) in New Jersey to evaluate the response of groundwater resources to expected sea-level rise (SLR) and changes in groundwater recharge associated with global climate change. The National Park Service (NPS), among other agencies, is mandated to evaluate the effe
By
New Jersey Water Science Center
Filter Total Items: 65
Screen capture of ModelMuse displaying the hydraulic conductivity distribution in a model calibrated using PEST.
link
Screen capture of ModelMuse showing locations of calibration observations for PEST.
link
Screenshot of ModelMuse with "The Surface Water Routing process has a special way of specifying some transient data." link
Screenshot of ModelMuse illustrating connections among SWR reaches. link
Screenshot of ModelMuse SWR Reach Geometry dialog box link
Screenshot of the ModelMuse SWR Structures dialog box. link
Screen capture of ModelMuse with the grid colored by the SWR reach number. link
Screen capture of ModelMuse with "The other way to define observations is with the SWR Observations dialog box." link
Screen capture of the ModelMuse "MODFLOW Packages and Programs" dialog box. link
Screen capture of the ModelMuse "MODFLOW Packages and Programs" dialog box with the Surface-Water Routing process selected. link
Screen capture of ModelMuse with the Data Visualization dialog box open to "SWR Observations". link
Screenshot of ModelMuse displaying WellFootprint results link
Screen capture of the ModelMuse Data Sets dialog box showing the Comments tab. link
Screen capture of the ModelMuse Image Export dialog box. link
Screen capture of GW_Chart and ModelMuse showing a time-series of river leakage of link
Screen capture of ModelMuse with the words "You can click the Pan button to move the model to a new position" link
Screen capture of ModelMuse displaying the Ruler Format dialog box. link
Screen capture of ModelMate link
Screen capture of ModelMuse with an object used in Surface Water Routing link
Screen capture of the ModelMuse Import Image dialog box link
ModelMuse screen capture with the word "Reach numbers can be assigned in any arbitrary order." link
Filter Total Items: 19

Simulation of water-table response to sea-level rise and change in recharge, Sandy Hook unit, Gateway National Recreation Area, New Jersey

The Sandy Hook Unit, Gateway National Recreation Area (hereafter Sandy Hook) in New Jersey is a 10-kilometer-long spit visited by thousands of people each year who take advantage of the historical and natural resources and recreational opportunities. The historical and natural resources are threatened by global climate change, including sea-level rise (SLR), changes in precipitation and groundwate
Authors
Glen B. Carleton, Emmanuel G. Charles, Alex R. Fiore, Richard B. Winston
By
Water Resources Mission Area, New Jersey Water Science Center

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 for ghost nodes used to improve DISV model accurac
Authors
Richard B. Winston
By
Water Resources Mission Area

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 contamination. An alternative, novel design for shallow
Authors
Richard B. Winston, Joseph D. Ayotte
By
Water Resources Mission Area, Contaminant Biology, Environmental Health Program, Toxic Substances Hydrology

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 the user step-by-step through the process of creating
Authors
Richard B. Winston
By
Water Resources Mission Area

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 having different pore volumes and (or) be introduc
Authors
Richard B. Winston, Leonard F. Konikow, George Z. Hornberger
By
Water Resources Mission Area

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 that can speed up the footprint calculation. ModelMuse
Authors
Richard B. Winston, Daniel J. Goode
By
Water Resources Mission Area, Pennsylvania Water Science Center

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. The influence of landscape evolution can become important o
Authors
Richard M. Yager, Kurt J. McCoy, Clifford I. Voss, Ward E. Sanford, Richard B. Winston
By
Water Resources Mission Area, Virginia and West Virginia Water Science Center

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 files. ListingAnalyst gathers error and warning message
Authors
Richard B. Winston, Scott Paulinski
By
Water Resources Mission Area

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 main ModelMuse window where the model is designed, ad
Authors
Richard B. Winston
By
Water Resources Mission Area

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 independent of the stress periods. Being able to input
Authors
Richard B. Winston
By
Water Resources Mission Area

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 allows the user to ensure that the downhole appara
Authors
Richard B. Winston, Allen M. Shapiro
By
Ecosystems Mission Area, Toxic Substances Hydrology, Environmental Health Program

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 flow and transport calculations are restricted to c
Authors
Richard B. Winston
By
Ecosystems Mission Area, Toxic Substances Hydrology, Environmental Health Program

Non-USGS Publications**

Winston, A., and Winston, R.B., 1980, Unperturbed Molecular Dimensions of Polyacrylamide in Water. Journal of Polymer Science: Polymer Letters Edition, 18: 119-122.
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.

**Disclaimer: The views expressed in Non-USGS publications are those of the author and do not represent the views of the USGS, Department of the Interior, or the U.S. Government.

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ModelMuse Version 5.1.1

This version of ModelMuse fixes a serious bug in ModelMuse version 5.1.
By
Water Resources Mission Area

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 programs MT3DMS and PEST.

By
Water Resources Mission Area

ModelMuse Version 5.1: Software Release

ModelMuse version 5.1 updates version 5.0 by adding support for the groundwater transport process and time series files in MODFLOW 6.
By
Water Resources Mission Area

ModelMuse Version 5.0: Software Release

ModelMuse is a graphical user interface for several different groundwater modeling programs. ModelMuse has been updated to generate the input files for the parameter estimation software suite PEST when used with MODFLOW or SUTRA models, run PEST-based parameter estimation, and display the updated model inputs after parameter estimation. The PEST input files can also be used with PEST++ version 5 (
By
Water Resources Mission Area

ModelMuse Version 4.3 Software Release

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. This software package provides a GUI for creating the flow and transport input file for PHAST and the inp
By
Water Resources Mission Area

ListingAnalyst version 1.2

ListingAnalyst has been updated to work with MODFLOW 6 and the most recent versions of MODFLOW-2005 and MODFLOW-NWT. In addition to recognizing many additional error and warning messages, it also recognizes data for the Riparian package in MODFLOW-OWHM, the AG package in MODFLOW-NWT and the Surface-Water Routing package.
By
Water Resources Mission Area

ListingAnalyst

ListingAnalyst is a program for viewing the main output file from MODFLOW-2005, MODFLOW-NWT, MODFLOW-LGR, MODFLOW-CFP, MODFLOW-OWHM, and MODFLOW 6.

By
Water Resources Mission Area, Water Resources Mission Area

GW_Chart version 1.30

GW_Chart is a program for creating specialized graphs used in groundwater studies. It incorporates the functionality of two previous programs, Budgeteer and Hydrograph Extractor and adds additional new features. There are seven major types of graphs created with GW_Chart: Calibration Plots Water Budget Plots Hydrographs Lake Plots Piper Diagrams Cell Water Budgets Farm Budgets It reads data from t
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Water Resources Mission Area

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.

By
Water Resources Mission Area, Water Resources Mission Area

ModelMuse version 4.2

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. This software package provides a GUI for creating the flow and transport input file for PHAST and the inp
By
Water Resources Mission Area

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, unconfined, or a combination of confined and unconfined.

By
Water Resources Mission Area, Water Resources Mission Area

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).

By
Water Resources Mission Area, Water Resources Mission Area

Science and Products

  • Data

    MODFLOW-2005 model used to simulate water-table response to climate-change-driven sea-level rise and changes in recharge, Gateway National Recreation Area, Sandy Hook Unit, New Jersey

    A MODFLOW-2005 model, using the SWI2 package, was developed for the Sandy Hook Unit, Gateway National Recreation Area (hereafter Sandy Hook) in New Jersey to evaluate the response of groundwater resources to expected sea-level rise (SLR) and changes in groundwater recharge associated with global climate change. The National Park Service (NPS), among other agencies, is mandated to evaluate the effe
    By
    New Jersey Water Science Center
  • Multimedia
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    Screen capture of ModelMuse displaying the hydraulic conductivity distribution in a model calibrated using PEST.
    link
    Screen capture of ModelMuse showing locations of calibration observations for PEST.
    link
    Screenshot of ModelMuse with "The Surface Water Routing process has a special way of specifying some transient data." link
    Screenshot of ModelMuse illustrating connections among SWR reaches. link
    Screenshot of ModelMuse SWR Reach Geometry dialog box link
    Screenshot of the ModelMuse SWR Structures dialog box. link
    Screen capture of ModelMuse with the grid colored by the SWR reach number. link
    Screen capture of ModelMuse with "The other way to define observations is with the SWR Observations dialog box." link
    Screen capture of the ModelMuse "MODFLOW Packages and Programs" dialog box. link
    Screen capture of the ModelMuse "MODFLOW Packages and Programs" dialog box with the Surface-Water Routing process selected. link
    Screen capture of ModelMuse with the Data Visualization dialog box open to "SWR Observations". link
    Screenshot of ModelMuse displaying WellFootprint results link
    Screen capture of the ModelMuse Data Sets dialog box showing the Comments tab. link
    Screen capture of the ModelMuse Image Export dialog box. link
    Screen capture of GW_Chart and ModelMuse showing a time-series of river leakage of link
    Screen capture of ModelMuse with the words "You can click the Pan button to move the model to a new position" link
    Screen capture of ModelMuse displaying the Ruler Format dialog box. link
    Screen capture of ModelMate link
    Screen capture of ModelMuse with an object used in Surface Water Routing link
    Screen capture of the ModelMuse Import Image dialog box link
    ModelMuse screen capture with the word "Reach numbers can be assigned in any arbitrary order." link
  • Publications
    Filter Total Items: 19

    Simulation of water-table response to sea-level rise and change in recharge, Sandy Hook unit, Gateway National Recreation Area, New Jersey

    The Sandy Hook Unit, Gateway National Recreation Area (hereafter Sandy Hook) in New Jersey is a 10-kilometer-long spit visited by thousands of people each year who take advantage of the historical and natural resources and recreational opportunities. The historical and natural resources are threatened by global climate change, including sea-level rise (SLR), changes in precipitation and groundwate
    Authors
    Glen B. Carleton, Emmanuel G. Charles, Alex R. Fiore, Richard B. Winston
    By
    Water Resources Mission Area, New Jersey Water Science Center

    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 for ghost nodes used to improve DISV model accurac
    Authors
    Richard B. Winston
    By
    Water Resources Mission Area

    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 contamination. An alternative, novel design for shallow
    Authors
    Richard B. Winston, Joseph D. Ayotte
    By
    Water Resources Mission Area, Contaminant Biology, Environmental Health Program, Toxic Substances Hydrology

    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 the user step-by-step through the process of creating
    Authors
    Richard B. Winston
    By
    Water Resources Mission Area

    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 having different pore volumes and (or) be introduc
    Authors
    Richard B. Winston, Leonard F. Konikow, George Z. Hornberger
    By
    Water Resources Mission Area

    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 that can speed up the footprint calculation. ModelMuse
    Authors
    Richard B. Winston, Daniel J. Goode
    By
    Water Resources Mission Area, Pennsylvania Water Science Center

    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. The influence of landscape evolution can become important o
    Authors
    Richard M. Yager, Kurt J. McCoy, Clifford I. Voss, Ward E. Sanford, Richard B. Winston
    By
    Water Resources Mission Area, Virginia and West Virginia Water Science Center

    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 files. ListingAnalyst gathers error and warning message
    Authors
    Richard B. Winston, Scott Paulinski
    By
    Water Resources Mission Area

    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 main ModelMuse window where the model is designed, ad
    Authors
    Richard B. Winston
    By
    Water Resources Mission Area

    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 independent of the stress periods. Being able to input
    Authors
    Richard B. Winston
    By
    Water Resources Mission Area

    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 allows the user to ensure that the downhole appara
    Authors
    Richard B. Winston, Allen M. Shapiro
    By
    Ecosystems Mission Area, Toxic Substances Hydrology, Environmental Health Program

    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 flow and transport calculations are restricted to c
    Authors
    Richard B. Winston
    By
    Ecosystems Mission Area, Toxic Substances Hydrology, Environmental Health Program

    Non-USGS Publications**

    Winston, A., and Winston, R.B., 1980, Unperturbed Molecular Dimensions of Polyacrylamide in Water. Journal of Polymer Science: Polymer Letters Edition, 18: 119-122.
    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
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    ModelMuse Version 5.1.1

    This version of ModelMuse fixes a serious bug in ModelMuse version 5.1.
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    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 programs MT3DMS and PEST.

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    ModelMuse Version 5.1: Software Release

    ModelMuse version 5.1 updates version 5.0 by adding support for the groundwater transport process and time series files in MODFLOW 6.
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    ModelMuse Version 5.0: Software Release

    ModelMuse is a graphical user interface for several different groundwater modeling programs. ModelMuse has been updated to generate the input files for the parameter estimation software suite PEST when used with MODFLOW or SUTRA models, run PEST-based parameter estimation, and display the updated model inputs after parameter estimation. The PEST input files can also be used with PEST++ version 5 (
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    ModelMuse Version 4.3 Software Release

    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. This software package provides a GUI for creating the flow and transport input file for PHAST and the inp
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    ListingAnalyst version 1.2

    ListingAnalyst has been updated to work with MODFLOW 6 and the most recent versions of MODFLOW-2005 and MODFLOW-NWT. In addition to recognizing many additional error and warning messages, it also recognizes data for the Riparian package in MODFLOW-OWHM, the AG package in MODFLOW-NWT and the Surface-Water Routing package.
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    ListingAnalyst

    ListingAnalyst is a program for viewing the main output file from MODFLOW-2005, MODFLOW-NWT, MODFLOW-LGR, MODFLOW-CFP, MODFLOW-OWHM, and MODFLOW 6.

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    GW_Chart version 1.30

    GW_Chart is a program for creating specialized graphs used in groundwater studies. It incorporates the functionality of two previous programs, Budgeteer and Hydrograph Extractor and adds additional new features. There are seven major types of graphs created with GW_Chart: Calibration Plots Water Budget Plots Hydrographs Lake Plots Piper Diagrams Cell Water Budgets Farm Budgets It reads data from t
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    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.

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    ModelMuse version 4.2

    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. This software package provides a GUI for creating the flow and transport input file for PHAST and the inp
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    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, unconfined, or a combination of confined and unconfined.

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    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).

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