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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.

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ModelMuse screen capture with the word "Reach numbers can be assigned in any arbitrary order." ModelMuse screen capture with the word "Reach numbers can be assigned in any arbitrary order."
SWR Reach Numbers
ModelMuse screen capture with the word "Reach numbers can be assigned in any arbitrary order."

SWR Reach Numbers

SWR Reach Numbers

This training video describes how reach numbers for SWR are assigned in ModelMuse.

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ModelMuse screen capture with the word "Reach numbers can be assigned in any arbitrary order."

SWR Reach Numbers

SWR Reach Numbers

This training video describes how reach numbers for SWR are assigned in ModelMuse.

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ModelMuse screen capture with the words "This video will show how to run SUTRA and view the model results." ModelMuse screen capture with the words "This video will show how to run SUTRA and view the model results."
Running SUTRA and Displaying Model Results
ModelMuse screen capture with the words "This video will show how to run SUTRA and view the model results."

Running SUTRA and Displaying Model Results

Running SUTRA and Displaying Model Results

This ModelMuse training video describes how to run SUTRA and display the model results.

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ModelMuse screen capture with the words "This video will show how to run SUTRA and view the model results."

Running SUTRA and Displaying Model Results

Running SUTRA and Displaying Model Results

This ModelMuse training video describes how to run SUTRA and display the model results.

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ModelMuse screen capture showing a 3D SUTRA mesh with pinched-out layers. ModelMuse screen capture showing a 3D SUTRA mesh with pinched-out layers.
Working with 3D SUTRA Meshes
ModelMuse screen capture showing a 3D SUTRA mesh with pinched-out layers.

Working with 3D SUTRA Meshes

Working with 3D SUTRA Meshes

This video describes how to define 3D SUTRA meshes in ModelMuse including pinch-outs.

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ModelMuse screen capture showing a 3D SUTRA mesh with pinched-out layers.

Working with 3D SUTRA Meshes

Working with 3D SUTRA Meshes

This video describes how to define 3D SUTRA meshes in ModelMuse including pinch-outs.

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ModelMuse screen capture with a visualization of the permeability tensor. ModelMuse screen capture with a visualization of the permeability tensor.
Permeability in SUTRA
ModelMuse screen capture with a visualization of the permeability tensor.

Permeability in SUTRA

Permeability in SUTRA

This video shows how to define and visualize permeabililty in SUTRA models in ModelMuse.

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ModelMuse screen capture with a visualization of the permeability tensor.

Permeability in SUTRA

Permeability in SUTRA

This video shows how to define and visualize permeabililty in SUTRA models in ModelMuse.

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Screen capture of ModelMuse with an "object" that will be used to define a boundary condition. Screen capture of ModelMuse with an "object" that will be used to define a boundary condition.
SUTRA Boundary Conditions and Observations
Screen capture of ModelMuse with an "object" that will be used to define a boundary condition.

SUTRA Boundary Conditions and Observations

SUTRA Boundary Conditions and Observations

This video describes how to define SUTRA boundary conditions and observations in ModelMuse.

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SUTRA Boundary Conditions and Observations

SUTRA Boundary Conditions and Observations

This video describes how to define SUTRA boundary conditions and observations in ModelMuse.

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ModelMuse screen capture with the words "To define time schedules, select 'ModelSUTRA Time Controls.'" ModelMuse screen capture with the words "To define time schedules, select 'ModelSUTRA Time Controls.'"
SUTRA Time Schedules
ModelMuse screen capture with the words "To define time schedules, select 'ModelSUTRA Time Controls.'"

SUTRA Time Schedules

SUTRA Time Schedules

This USGS training video demonstrates how time is discretized in ModelMuse software.

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ModelMuse screen capture with the words "To define time schedules, select 'ModelSUTRA Time Controls.'"

SUTRA Time Schedules

SUTRA Time Schedules

This USGS training video demonstrates how time is discretized in ModelMuse software.

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Nodes and elements in SUTRA
Screen capture of ModelMuse with a mesh

Nodes and elements in SUTRA

Nodes and elements in SUTRA

This video describes how some data are specified at nodes and some data are specified at elements in SUTRA models.

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Screen capture of ModelMuse with a mesh

Nodes and elements in SUTRA

Nodes and elements in SUTRA

This video describes how some data are specified at nodes and some data are specified at elements in SUTRA models.

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ModelMuse screen capture illustrating generating a mesh using GMSH. ModelMuse screen capture illustrating generating a mesh using GMSH.
Using Gmsh to Generate a Mesh
ModelMuse screen capture illustrating generating a mesh using GMSH.

Using Gmsh to Generate a Mesh

Using Gmsh to Generate a Mesh

This video shows how to use GMSH from within ModelMuse to generate a mesh for SUTRA.

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ModelMuse screen capture illustrating generating a mesh using GMSH.

Using Gmsh to Generate a Mesh

Using Gmsh to Generate a Mesh

This video shows how to use GMSH from within ModelMuse to generate a mesh for SUTRA.

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ModelMuse screen capture showing a mesh created in ModelMuse. ModelMuse screen capture showing a mesh created in ModelMuse.
Generating a mesh
ModelMuse screen capture showing a mesh created in ModelMuse.

Generating a mesh

Generating a mesh

This training video demonstrates how to create a mesh with ModelMuse for SUTRA.

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ModelMuse screen capture showing a mesh created in ModelMuse.

Generating a mesh

Generating a mesh

This training video demonstrates how to create a mesh with ModelMuse for SUTRA.

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ModelMuse screen capture showing some of the changes to the ModelMuse main window with SUTRA models. ModelMuse screen capture showing some of the changes to the ModelMuse main window with SUTRA models.
Main changes to the ModelMuse main window with SUTRA
ModelMuse screen capture showing some of the changes to the ModelMuse main window with SUTRA models.

Main changes to the ModelMuse main window with SUTRA

Main changes to the ModelMuse main window with SUTRA

This video describes some of the most obvious changes to ModelMuse when working with SUTRA models.

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ModelMuse screen capture showing some of the changes to the ModelMuse main window with SUTRA models.

Main changes to the ModelMuse main window with SUTRA

Main changes to the ModelMuse main window with SUTRA

This video describes some of the most obvious changes to ModelMuse when working with SUTRA models.

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ModelMuse screen capture with text "This is the first of several videos that give an introduction to working with SUTRA... ModelMuse screen capture with text "This is the first of several videos that give an introduction to working with SUTRA...
Starting a new SUTRA model
ModelMuse screen capture with text "This is the first of several videos that give an introduction to working with SUTRA...

Starting a new SUTRA model

Starting a new SUTRA model

This explainer video demonstrates how to start a new SUTRA model in ModelMuse.

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ModelMuse screen capture with text "This is the first of several videos that give an introduction to working with SUTRA...

Starting a new SUTRA model

Starting a new SUTRA model

This explainer video demonstrates how to start a new SUTRA model in ModelMuse.

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Screen capture of ModelMuse with the caption "You can show just the edge of the active area". Screen capture of ModelMuse with the caption "You can show just the edge of the active area".
ModelMuse: Grid Line Display Options
Screen capture of ModelMuse with the caption "You can show just the edge of the active area".

ModelMuse: Grid Line Display Options

ModelMuse: Grid Line Display Options

This video describes how to change how grid lines are displayed in ModelMuse software.

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Screen capture of ModelMuse with the caption "You can show just the edge of the active area".

ModelMuse: Grid Line Display Options

ModelMuse: Grid Line Display Options

This video describes how to change how grid lines are displayed in ModelMuse software.

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Screen capture of ModelMuse with the caption "If you have data in a spreadsheet, it is easy to transfer them to ModelMuse." Screen capture of ModelMuse with the caption "If you have data in a spreadsheet, it is easy to transfer them to ModelMuse."
ModelMuse: Spreadsheet Interaction and Editing Multiple Cells in Tables
Screen capture of ModelMuse with the caption "If you have data in a spreadsheet, it is easy to transfer them to ModelMuse."

ModelMuse: Spreadsheet Interaction and Editing Multiple Cells in Tables

ModelMuse: Spreadsheet Interaction and Editing Multiple Cells in Tables

This video describes how to use spreadsheets with ModelMuse and to edit multiple cells with ModelMuse.

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Screen capture of ModelMuse with the caption "If you have data in a spreadsheet, it is easy to transfer them to ModelMuse."

ModelMuse: Spreadsheet Interaction and Editing Multiple Cells in Tables

ModelMuse: Spreadsheet Interaction and Editing Multiple Cells in Tables

This video describes how to use spreadsheets with ModelMuse and to edit multiple cells with ModelMuse.

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Screen capture of a ModelMuse main window displaying concentrations from an MT3DMS model. Screen capture of a ModelMuse main window displaying concentrations from an MT3DMS model.
ModelMuse: MT3D
Screen capture of a ModelMuse main window displaying concentrations from an MT3DMS model.

ModelMuse: MT3D

ModelMuse: MT3D

This video describes how to us ModelMuse to simulate solute transport with MT3D.

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Screen capture of a ModelMuse main window displaying concentrations from an MT3DMS model.

ModelMuse: MT3D

ModelMuse: MT3D

This video describes how to us ModelMuse to simulate solute transport with MT3D.

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Screen capture of ModelMuse displaying a MODFLOW-LGR model Screen capture of ModelMuse displaying a MODFLOW-LGR model
ModelMuse: MODFLOW-LGR
Screen capture of ModelMuse displaying a MODFLOW-LGR model

ModelMuse: MODFLOW-LGR

ModelMuse: MODFLOW-LGR

This video describes how to create a MODFLOW-LGR model with ModelMuse software.

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ModelMuse: MODFLOW-LGR

ModelMuse: MODFLOW-LGR

This video describes how to create a MODFLOW-LGR model with ModelMuse software.

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Screen capture of the ModelMuse main window with a caption indicating how to activate MODFLOW-CFP. Screen capture of the ModelMuse main window with a caption indicating how to activate MODFLOW-CFP.
ModelMuse: MODFLOW-CFP
Screen capture of the ModelMuse main window with a caption indicating how to activate MODFLOW-CFP.

ModelMuse: MODFLOW-CFP

ModelMuse: MODFLOW-CFP

This video describes how to create a MODFLOW-LGR model with ModelMuse software.

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Screen capture of the ModelMuse main window with a caption indicating how to activate MODFLOW-CFP.

ModelMuse: MODFLOW-CFP

ModelMuse: MODFLOW-CFP

This video describes how to create a MODFLOW-LGR model with ModelMuse software.

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Screen capture of ModelMuse with the caption "This video will demonstrate several methods for creating plots of head vs time" Screen capture of ModelMuse with the caption "This video will demonstrate several methods for creating plots of head vs time"
ModelMuse: Plotting Head versus Time
Screen capture of ModelMuse with the caption "This video will demonstrate several methods for creating plots of head vs time"

ModelMuse: Plotting Head versus Time

ModelMuse: Plotting Head versus Time

This video shows how to create plots of head versus time using ModelMuse, GW_Chart, and ListingAnalyst.

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ModelMuse: Plotting Head versus Time

ModelMuse: Plotting Head versus Time

This video shows how to create plots of head versus time using ModelMuse, GW_Chart, and ListingAnalyst.

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Screen capture of a PowerPoint slide with the caption "This video gives an overview of the Seawater Intrusion package." Screen capture of a PowerPoint slide with the caption "This video gives an overview of the Seawater Intrusion package."
ModelMuse: SWI Concepts
Screen capture of a PowerPoint slide with the caption "This video gives an overview of the Seawater Intrusion package."

ModelMuse: SWI Concepts

ModelMuse: SWI Concepts

This video describes how the concepts behind the Seawater Intrusion package in MODFLOW.

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Screen capture of a PowerPoint slide with the caption "This video gives an overview of the Seawater Intrusion package."

ModelMuse: SWI Concepts

ModelMuse: SWI Concepts

This video describes how the concepts behind the Seawater Intrusion package in MODFLOW.

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Screen capture of ModelMuse displaying an SWI model with the caption "You can see the position of the interface." Screen capture of ModelMuse displaying an SWI model with the caption "You can see the position of the interface."
ModelMuse: SWI Example
Screen capture of ModelMuse displaying an SWI model with the caption "You can see the position of the interface."

ModelMuse: SWI Example

ModelMuse: SWI Example

This video describes how to create a model using the MODFLOW Seawater Intrusion package with ModelMuse.

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Screen capture of ModelMuse displaying an SWI model with the caption "You can see the position of the interface."

ModelMuse: SWI Example

ModelMuse: SWI Example

This video describes how to create a model using the MODFLOW Seawater Intrusion package with ModelMuse.

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Screen capture of ModelMuse with the caption "The farm process also requires the modeler define the properties of the farms." Screen capture of ModelMuse with the caption "The farm process also requires the modeler define the properties of the farms."
ModelMuse: Farm Process
Screen capture of ModelMuse with the caption "The farm process also requires the modeler define the properties of the farms."

ModelMuse: Farm Process

ModelMuse: Farm Process

This video describes how to create a model using the Farm Process in MODFLOW-OWHM

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Screen capture of ModelMuse with the caption "The farm process also requires the modeler define the properties of the farms."

ModelMuse: Farm Process

ModelMuse: Farm Process

This video describes how to create a model using the Farm Process in MODFLOW-OWHM

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Screen capture of ModelMuse with the caption "This video describes the RIP package and how ModelMuse supports it." Screen capture of ModelMuse with the caption "This video describes the RIP package and how ModelMuse supports it."
ModelMuse: Riparian Evapotranspiration Package
Screen capture of ModelMuse with the caption "This video describes the RIP package and how ModelMuse supports it."

ModelMuse: Riparian Evapotranspiration Package

ModelMuse: Riparian Evapotranspiration Package

This video briefly describes the Riparian Evapotranspiration package and how ModelMuse supports it.

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ModelMuse: Riparian Evapotranspiration Package

ModelMuse: Riparian Evapotranspiration Package

This video briefly describes the Riparian Evapotranspiration package and how ModelMuse supports it.

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BAT3 Analyzer: Real-time data display and interpretation software for the multifunction bedrock-aquifer transportable testing tool (BAT3) 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...
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Richard B. Winston, Allen M. Shapiro
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GoPhast: A graphical user interface for PHAST 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...
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Richard B. Winston
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Ecosystems Mission Area, Toxic Substances Hydrology, Environmental Health Program

Guidelines for Evaluating Ground-Water Flow Models 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 investigation of ground-water systems. A...
Authors
Thomas E. Reilly, Arlen W. Harbaugh
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Water Resources Mission Area

SutraGUI, a graphical-user interface for SUTRA, a model for ground-water flow with solute or energy transport SutraGUI, a graphical-user interface for SUTRA, a model for ground-water flow with solute or energy transport

This report describes SutraGUI, a flexible graphical user-interface (GUI) that supports two-dimensional (2D) and three-dimensional (3D) simulation with the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) SUTRA ground-water-flow and transport model (Voss and Provost, 2002). SutraGUI allows the user to create SUTRA ground-water models graphically. SutraGUI provides all of the graphical functionality...
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Richard B. Winston, Clifford I. Voss
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User's guide to Model Viewer, a program for three-dimensional visualization of ground-water model results User's guide to Model Viewer, a program for three-dimensional visualization of ground-water model results

Model Viewer is a computer program that displays the results of three-dimensional groundwater models. Scalar data (such as hydraulic head or solute concentration) may be displayed as a solid or a set of isosurfaces, using a red-to-blue color spectrum to represent a range of scalar values. Vector data (such as velocity or specific discharge) are represented by lines oriented to the vector...
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Paul A. Hsieh, Richard B. Winston
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Programs for simplifying the analysis of geographic information in U. S. Geological Survey ground-water models Programs for simplifying the analysis of geographic information in U. S. Geological Survey ground-water models

No abstract available.
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R.B. Winston
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System and boundary conceptualization in ground-water flow simulation System and boundary conceptualization in ground-water flow simulation

Ground-water models attempt to represent an actual ground-water system with a mathematical counterpart. The conceptualization of how and where water originates in the ground-water-flow system and how and where it leaves the system is critical to the development of an accurate model. The mathematical representation of these boundaries in the model is important because many hydrologic...
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T. E. Reilly
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Water Resources Mission Area

Graphical user interface for MODFLOW, Version 4 Graphical user interface for MODFLOW, Version 4

No abstract available.
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Richard B. Winston
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Upgrade to MODFLOW-GUI; addition of MODPATH, ZONEBDGT, and additional MODFLOW packages to the U.S. Geological Survey MODFLOW-96 Graphical-User Interface Upgrade to MODFLOW-GUI; addition of MODPATH, ZONEBDGT, and additional MODFLOW packages to the U.S. Geological Survey MODFLOW-96 Graphical-User Interface

This report describes enhancements to a Graphical-User Interface (GUI) for MODFLOW-96, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) modular, three-dimensional, finitedifference ground-water flow model, and MOC3D, the USGS three-dimensional, method-ofcharacteristics solute-transport model. The GUI is a plug-in extension (PIE) for the commercial program Argus ONEe. The GUI has been modified to...
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R.B. Winston
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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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ListingAnalyst version 1.2 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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GW_Chart version 1.30 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...
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Water Resources Mission Area

GW_Chart: A Program for Creating Specialized Graphs Used in Groundwater Studies 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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Water Resources Mission Area

ModelMuse version 4.2 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...
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Water Resources Mission Area

MODFLOW-2005: USGS Three-Dimensional Finite-Difference Ground-Water Model 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 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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Wellfootprint - A Map App for Visualizing Groundwater Withdrawals 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 eq
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Software Release: Volume-Weighted Particle-Tracking Method for Solute-Transport Modeling: Implementation in MF2K-GWT Software Release: Volume-Weighted Particle-Tracking Method for Solute-Transport Modeling: Implementation in MF2K-GWT

The Ground-Water Transport (GWT) Process for MODFLOW-2000 (mf2k) provides the capability to simulate three-dimensional solute transport. The GWT Process is based on the previously documented MOC3D model, which was integrated with MODFLOW-96. This data release includes compiled versions of the software, source code, documentation, and the input and output for several test cases.
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Groundwater Transport Process (GWT) Groundwater Transport Process (GWT)

Groundwater Transport Process (GWT) is a three-dimensional ground-water flow and solute-transport model integrated with MODFLOW-2000.
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Software release: ModelArchiver and FgdcMetaEditor Software release: ModelArchiver and FgdcMetaEditor

ModelArchiver is a program for creating groundwater model archives that meet USGS policy requirements. FgdcMetaEditor is a program for editing metadata for geographic information in the form specified the by Federal Geographic Data Committee. This software release contains compiled versions of both programs along with source code and example data.

WellFootprint Software Release WellFootprint Software Release

The WellFootprint software is used to generate a 'footprint' of well withdrawals that can better communicate the distribution of well withdrawals. The compiled program, source code, documentation, and an example are included.
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ModelMate ModelMate

ModelMate is a graphical user interface (GUI) designed to facilitate model analysis by software applications that invoke model simulations as external processes.
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ModelMuse screen capture with the word "Reach numbers can be assigned in any arbitrary order." ModelMuse screen capture with the word "Reach numbers can be assigned in any arbitrary order."
SWR Reach Numbers
ModelMuse screen capture with the word "Reach numbers can be assigned in any arbitrary order."

SWR Reach Numbers

SWR Reach Numbers

This training video describes how reach numbers for SWR are assigned in ModelMuse.

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SWR Reach Numbers

SWR Reach Numbers

This training video describes how reach numbers for SWR are assigned in ModelMuse.

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ModelMuse screen capture with the words "This video will show how to run SUTRA and view the model results." ModelMuse screen capture with the words "This video will show how to run SUTRA and view the model results."
Running SUTRA and Displaying Model Results
ModelMuse screen capture with the words "This video will show how to run SUTRA and view the model results."

Running SUTRA and Displaying Model Results

Running SUTRA and Displaying Model Results

This ModelMuse training video describes how to run SUTRA and display the model results.

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ModelMuse screen capture with the words "This video will show how to run SUTRA and view the model results."

Running SUTRA and Displaying Model Results

Running SUTRA and Displaying Model Results

This ModelMuse training video describes how to run SUTRA and display the model results.

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ModelMuse screen capture showing a 3D SUTRA mesh with pinched-out layers. ModelMuse screen capture showing a 3D SUTRA mesh with pinched-out layers.
Working with 3D SUTRA Meshes
ModelMuse screen capture showing a 3D SUTRA mesh with pinched-out layers.

Working with 3D SUTRA Meshes

Working with 3D SUTRA Meshes

This video describes how to define 3D SUTRA meshes in ModelMuse including pinch-outs.

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ModelMuse screen capture showing a 3D SUTRA mesh with pinched-out layers.

Working with 3D SUTRA Meshes

Working with 3D SUTRA Meshes

This video describes how to define 3D SUTRA meshes in ModelMuse including pinch-outs.

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ModelMuse screen capture with a visualization of the permeability tensor. ModelMuse screen capture with a visualization of the permeability tensor.
Permeability in SUTRA
ModelMuse screen capture with a visualization of the permeability tensor.

Permeability in SUTRA

Permeability in SUTRA

This video shows how to define and visualize permeabililty in SUTRA models in ModelMuse.

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ModelMuse screen capture with a visualization of the permeability tensor.

Permeability in SUTRA

Permeability in SUTRA

This video shows how to define and visualize permeabililty in SUTRA models in ModelMuse.

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Screen capture of ModelMuse with an "object" that will be used to define a boundary condition. Screen capture of ModelMuse with an "object" that will be used to define a boundary condition.
SUTRA Boundary Conditions and Observations
Screen capture of ModelMuse with an "object" that will be used to define a boundary condition.

SUTRA Boundary Conditions and Observations

SUTRA Boundary Conditions and Observations

This video describes how to define SUTRA boundary conditions and observations in ModelMuse.

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SUTRA Boundary Conditions and Observations

SUTRA Boundary Conditions and Observations

This video describes how to define SUTRA boundary conditions and observations in ModelMuse.

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ModelMuse screen capture with the words "To define time schedules, select 'ModelSUTRA Time Controls.'" ModelMuse screen capture with the words "To define time schedules, select 'ModelSUTRA Time Controls.'"
SUTRA Time Schedules
ModelMuse screen capture with the words "To define time schedules, select 'ModelSUTRA Time Controls.'"

SUTRA Time Schedules

SUTRA Time Schedules

This USGS training video demonstrates how time is discretized in ModelMuse software.

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ModelMuse screen capture with the words "To define time schedules, select 'ModelSUTRA Time Controls.'"

SUTRA Time Schedules

SUTRA Time Schedules

This USGS training video demonstrates how time is discretized in ModelMuse software.

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Nodes and elements in SUTRA
Screen capture of ModelMuse with a mesh

Nodes and elements in SUTRA

Nodes and elements in SUTRA

This video describes how some data are specified at nodes and some data are specified at elements in SUTRA models.

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Screen capture of ModelMuse with a mesh

Nodes and elements in SUTRA

Nodes and elements in SUTRA

This video describes how some data are specified at nodes and some data are specified at elements in SUTRA models.

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ModelMuse screen capture illustrating generating a mesh using GMSH. ModelMuse screen capture illustrating generating a mesh using GMSH.
Using Gmsh to Generate a Mesh
ModelMuse screen capture illustrating generating a mesh using GMSH.

Using Gmsh to Generate a Mesh

Using Gmsh to Generate a Mesh

This video shows how to use GMSH from within ModelMuse to generate a mesh for SUTRA.

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ModelMuse screen capture illustrating generating a mesh using GMSH.

Using Gmsh to Generate a Mesh

Using Gmsh to Generate a Mesh

This video shows how to use GMSH from within ModelMuse to generate a mesh for SUTRA.

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ModelMuse screen capture showing a mesh created in ModelMuse. ModelMuse screen capture showing a mesh created in ModelMuse.
Generating a mesh
ModelMuse screen capture showing a mesh created in ModelMuse.

Generating a mesh

Generating a mesh

This training video demonstrates how to create a mesh with ModelMuse for SUTRA.

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ModelMuse screen capture showing a mesh created in ModelMuse.

Generating a mesh

Generating a mesh

This training video demonstrates how to create a mesh with ModelMuse for SUTRA.

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ModelMuse screen capture showing some of the changes to the ModelMuse main window with SUTRA models. ModelMuse screen capture showing some of the changes to the ModelMuse main window with SUTRA models.
Main changes to the ModelMuse main window with SUTRA
ModelMuse screen capture showing some of the changes to the ModelMuse main window with SUTRA models.

Main changes to the ModelMuse main window with SUTRA

Main changes to the ModelMuse main window with SUTRA

This video describes some of the most obvious changes to ModelMuse when working with SUTRA models.

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ModelMuse screen capture showing some of the changes to the ModelMuse main window with SUTRA models.

Main changes to the ModelMuse main window with SUTRA

Main changes to the ModelMuse main window with SUTRA

This video describes some of the most obvious changes to ModelMuse when working with SUTRA models.

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ModelMuse screen capture with text "This is the first of several videos that give an introduction to working with SUTRA... ModelMuse screen capture with text "This is the first of several videos that give an introduction to working with SUTRA...
Starting a new SUTRA model
ModelMuse screen capture with text "This is the first of several videos that give an introduction to working with SUTRA...

Starting a new SUTRA model

Starting a new SUTRA model

This explainer video demonstrates how to start a new SUTRA model in ModelMuse.

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Starting a new SUTRA model

Starting a new SUTRA model

This explainer video demonstrates how to start a new SUTRA model in ModelMuse.

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ModelMuse: Grid Line Display Options
Screen capture of ModelMuse with the caption "You can show just the edge of the active area".

ModelMuse: Grid Line Display Options

ModelMuse: Grid Line Display Options

This video describes how to change how grid lines are displayed in ModelMuse software.

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ModelMuse: Grid Line Display Options

ModelMuse: Grid Line Display Options

This video describes how to change how grid lines are displayed in ModelMuse software.

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Screen capture of ModelMuse with the caption "If you have data in a spreadsheet, it is easy to transfer them to ModelMuse." Screen capture of ModelMuse with the caption "If you have data in a spreadsheet, it is easy to transfer them to ModelMuse."
ModelMuse: Spreadsheet Interaction and Editing Multiple Cells in Tables
Screen capture of ModelMuse with the caption "If you have data in a spreadsheet, it is easy to transfer them to ModelMuse."

ModelMuse: Spreadsheet Interaction and Editing Multiple Cells in Tables

ModelMuse: Spreadsheet Interaction and Editing Multiple Cells in Tables

This video describes how to use spreadsheets with ModelMuse and to edit multiple cells with ModelMuse.

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ModelMuse: Spreadsheet Interaction and Editing Multiple Cells in Tables

ModelMuse: Spreadsheet Interaction and Editing Multiple Cells in Tables

This video describes how to use spreadsheets with ModelMuse and to edit multiple cells with ModelMuse.

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Screen capture of a ModelMuse main window displaying concentrations from an MT3DMS model. Screen capture of a ModelMuse main window displaying concentrations from an MT3DMS model.
ModelMuse: MT3D
Screen capture of a ModelMuse main window displaying concentrations from an MT3DMS model.

ModelMuse: MT3D

ModelMuse: MT3D

This video describes how to us ModelMuse to simulate solute transport with MT3D.

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Screen capture of a ModelMuse main window displaying concentrations from an MT3DMS model.

ModelMuse: MT3D

ModelMuse: MT3D

This video describes how to us ModelMuse to simulate solute transport with MT3D.

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Screen capture of ModelMuse displaying a MODFLOW-LGR model Screen capture of ModelMuse displaying a MODFLOW-LGR model
ModelMuse: MODFLOW-LGR
Screen capture of ModelMuse displaying a MODFLOW-LGR model

ModelMuse: MODFLOW-LGR

ModelMuse: MODFLOW-LGR

This video describes how to create a MODFLOW-LGR model with ModelMuse software.

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ModelMuse: MODFLOW-LGR

ModelMuse: MODFLOW-LGR

This video describes how to create a MODFLOW-LGR model with ModelMuse software.

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Screen capture of the ModelMuse main window with a caption indicating how to activate MODFLOW-CFP. Screen capture of the ModelMuse main window with a caption indicating how to activate MODFLOW-CFP.
ModelMuse: MODFLOW-CFP
Screen capture of the ModelMuse main window with a caption indicating how to activate MODFLOW-CFP.

ModelMuse: MODFLOW-CFP

ModelMuse: MODFLOW-CFP

This video describes how to create a MODFLOW-LGR model with ModelMuse software.

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ModelMuse: MODFLOW-CFP

ModelMuse: MODFLOW-CFP

This video describes how to create a MODFLOW-LGR model with ModelMuse software.

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Screen capture of ModelMuse with the caption "This video will demonstrate several methods for creating plots of head vs time" Screen capture of ModelMuse with the caption "This video will demonstrate several methods for creating plots of head vs time"
ModelMuse: Plotting Head versus Time
Screen capture of ModelMuse with the caption "This video will demonstrate several methods for creating plots of head vs time"

ModelMuse: Plotting Head versus Time

ModelMuse: Plotting Head versus Time

This video shows how to create plots of head versus time using ModelMuse, GW_Chart, and ListingAnalyst.

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ModelMuse: Plotting Head versus Time

ModelMuse: Plotting Head versus Time

This video shows how to create plots of head versus time using ModelMuse, GW_Chart, and ListingAnalyst.

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Screen capture of a PowerPoint slide with the caption "This video gives an overview of the Seawater Intrusion package." Screen capture of a PowerPoint slide with the caption "This video gives an overview of the Seawater Intrusion package."
ModelMuse: SWI Concepts
Screen capture of a PowerPoint slide with the caption "This video gives an overview of the Seawater Intrusion package."

ModelMuse: SWI Concepts

ModelMuse: SWI Concepts

This video describes how the concepts behind the Seawater Intrusion package in MODFLOW.

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ModelMuse: SWI Concepts

ModelMuse: SWI Concepts

This video describes how the concepts behind the Seawater Intrusion package in MODFLOW.

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Screen capture of ModelMuse displaying an SWI model with the caption "You can see the position of the interface." Screen capture of ModelMuse displaying an SWI model with the caption "You can see the position of the interface."
ModelMuse: SWI Example
Screen capture of ModelMuse displaying an SWI model with the caption "You can see the position of the interface."

ModelMuse: SWI Example

ModelMuse: SWI Example

This video describes how to create a model using the MODFLOW Seawater Intrusion package with ModelMuse.

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Screen capture of ModelMuse displaying an SWI model with the caption "You can see the position of the interface."

ModelMuse: SWI Example

ModelMuse: SWI Example

This video describes how to create a model using the MODFLOW Seawater Intrusion package with ModelMuse.

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Screen capture of ModelMuse with the caption "The farm process also requires the modeler define the properties of the farms." Screen capture of ModelMuse with the caption "The farm process also requires the modeler define the properties of the farms."
ModelMuse: Farm Process
Screen capture of ModelMuse with the caption "The farm process also requires the modeler define the properties of the farms."

ModelMuse: Farm Process

ModelMuse: Farm Process

This video describes how to create a model using the Farm Process in MODFLOW-OWHM

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ModelMuse: Farm Process

ModelMuse: Farm Process

This video describes how to create a model using the Farm Process in MODFLOW-OWHM

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Screen capture of ModelMuse with the caption "This video describes the RIP package and how ModelMuse supports it." Screen capture of ModelMuse with the caption "This video describes the RIP package and how ModelMuse supports it."
ModelMuse: Riparian Evapotranspiration Package
Screen capture of ModelMuse with the caption "This video describes the RIP package and how ModelMuse supports it."

ModelMuse: Riparian Evapotranspiration Package

ModelMuse: Riparian Evapotranspiration Package

This video briefly describes the Riparian Evapotranspiration package and how ModelMuse supports it.

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ModelMuse: Riparian Evapotranspiration Package

ModelMuse: Riparian Evapotranspiration Package

This video briefly describes the Riparian Evapotranspiration package and how ModelMuse supports it.

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BAT3 Analyzer: Real-time data display and interpretation software for the multifunction bedrock-aquifer transportable testing tool (BAT3) 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...
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Richard B. Winston, Allen M. Shapiro
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GoPhast: A graphical user interface for PHAST 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...
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Richard B. Winston
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Guidelines for Evaluating Ground-Water Flow Models 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 investigation of ground-water systems. A...
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Thomas E. Reilly, Arlen W. Harbaugh
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SutraGUI, a graphical-user interface for SUTRA, a model for ground-water flow with solute or energy transport SutraGUI, a graphical-user interface for SUTRA, a model for ground-water flow with solute or energy transport

This report describes SutraGUI, a flexible graphical user-interface (GUI) that supports two-dimensional (2D) and three-dimensional (3D) simulation with the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) SUTRA ground-water-flow and transport model (Voss and Provost, 2002). SutraGUI allows the user to create SUTRA ground-water models graphically. SutraGUI provides all of the graphical functionality...
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Richard B. Winston, Clifford I. Voss
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User's guide to Model Viewer, a program for three-dimensional visualization of ground-water model results User's guide to Model Viewer, a program for three-dimensional visualization of ground-water model results

Model Viewer is a computer program that displays the results of three-dimensional groundwater models. Scalar data (such as hydraulic head or solute concentration) may be displayed as a solid or a set of isosurfaces, using a red-to-blue color spectrum to represent a range of scalar values. Vector data (such as velocity or specific discharge) are represented by lines oriented to the vector...
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Paul A. Hsieh, Richard B. Winston
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Programs for simplifying the analysis of geographic information in U. S. Geological Survey ground-water models Programs for simplifying the analysis of geographic information in U. S. Geological Survey ground-water models

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R.B. Winston
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System and boundary conceptualization in ground-water flow simulation System and boundary conceptualization in ground-water flow simulation

Ground-water models attempt to represent an actual ground-water system with a mathematical counterpart. The conceptualization of how and where water originates in the ground-water-flow system and how and where it leaves the system is critical to the development of an accurate model. The mathematical representation of these boundaries in the model is important because many hydrologic...
Authors
T. E. Reilly
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Graphical user interface for MODFLOW, Version 4 Graphical user interface for MODFLOW, Version 4

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Richard B. Winston
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Upgrade to MODFLOW-GUI; addition of MODPATH, ZONEBDGT, and additional MODFLOW packages to the U.S. Geological Survey MODFLOW-96 Graphical-User Interface Upgrade to MODFLOW-GUI; addition of MODPATH, ZONEBDGT, and additional MODFLOW packages to the U.S. Geological Survey MODFLOW-96 Graphical-User Interface

This report describes enhancements to a Graphical-User Interface (GUI) for MODFLOW-96, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) modular, three-dimensional, finitedifference ground-water flow model, and MOC3D, the USGS three-dimensional, method-ofcharacteristics solute-transport model. The GUI is a plug-in extension (PIE) for the commercial program Argus ONEe. The GUI has been modified to...
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R.B. Winston
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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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ListingAnalyst version 1.2 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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GW_Chart version 1.30 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...
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GW_Chart: A Program for Creating Specialized Graphs Used in Groundwater Studies 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 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...
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MODFLOW-2005: USGS Three-Dimensional Finite-Difference Ground-Water Model 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 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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Wellfootprint - A Map App for Visualizing Groundwater Withdrawals 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 eq
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Software Release: Volume-Weighted Particle-Tracking Method for Solute-Transport Modeling: Implementation in MF2K-GWT Software Release: Volume-Weighted Particle-Tracking Method for Solute-Transport Modeling: Implementation in MF2K-GWT

The Ground-Water Transport (GWT) Process for MODFLOW-2000 (mf2k) provides the capability to simulate three-dimensional solute transport. The GWT Process is based on the previously documented MOC3D model, which was integrated with MODFLOW-96. This data release includes compiled versions of the software, source code, documentation, and the input and output for several test cases.
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Groundwater Transport Process (GWT) Groundwater Transport Process (GWT)

Groundwater Transport Process (GWT) is a three-dimensional ground-water flow and solute-transport model integrated with MODFLOW-2000.
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Software release: ModelArchiver and FgdcMetaEditor Software release: ModelArchiver and FgdcMetaEditor

ModelArchiver is a program for creating groundwater model archives that meet USGS policy requirements. FgdcMetaEditor is a program for editing metadata for geographic information in the form specified the by Federal Geographic Data Committee. This software release contains compiled versions of both programs along with source code and example data.

WellFootprint Software Release WellFootprint Software Release

The WellFootprint software is used to generate a 'footprint' of well withdrawals that can better communicate the distribution of well withdrawals. The compiled program, source code, documentation, and an example are included.
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ModelMate ModelMate

ModelMate is a graphical user interface (GUI) designed to facilitate model analysis by software applications that invoke model simulations as external processes.
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