GGSD Program Details for MODFLOW-96

MODFLOW-96

Category	Groundwater flow (MODFLOW)
Publisher	US Geological Survey
Platform	DOS, UNIX, DG, SGI, Sun
Status	Public domain
Description	MODFLOW-96 is the second major release of the USGS 1D finite-difference groundwater flow model that is still available from USGS. It 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. Flow from external stresses, such as flow to wells, areal recharge, evapotranspiration, flow to drains, and flow through river beds, can be simulated. Hydraulic conductivities or transmissivities for any layer may differ spatially and be anisotropic and the storage coefficient may be heterogeneous. The model requires input of the ratio of vertical hydraulic conductivity to distance between vertically adjacent block centers. Specified head and specified flux boundaries can be simulated as can a head dependent flux across the model's outer boundary that allows water to be supplied to a boundary block in the modeled area at a rate proportional to the current head difference between a source of water outside the modeled area and the boundary block. The groundwater flow equation is solved using the finite difference approximation. The flow region is considered to be subdivided into blocks in which the medium properties are assumed to be uniform. The plan view rectangular discretization results from a grid of mutually perpendicular lines that may be variably spaced. The vertical direction zones of varying thickness are transformed into a set of parallel layers. Several solvers are provided for solving the associated matrix problem; the user can choose the best solver for the particular problem. Mass balances are computed for each time step and as a cumulative volume from each source and type of discharge.
Cost	Free on WWW
Data formats supported	None stated
Supplier in United States of America	US Geological Survey