Proceedings of

MODFLOW and MORE 2003:

Understanding through Modeling

 

 

 

 

 

 

Featured Presentations

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   List of Featured Presentations

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   The Limit of Advection-Dispersion Theory

        Chunmiao Zheng, Gaisheng Liu, Steven Gorelick

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   Modeling the Impact of Land Use on Surface Water and Groundwater Quality:  Transport of Road Salt in The Grand Traverse Bay Watershed, Michigan

        David Hyndman, David Boutt, Karen Wayland, Bryan Pijanowski, David Long

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   Development and Application of Bioremediation Models - Present Status and Future Challenges

        T. Prabhakar Clement

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   Multi-Scale Conjunctive Modeling of Surface and Subsurface Flow

        Sorab Panday

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   Scientific Support for Groundwater Management Decisions through Coupled Models

        David Steward

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   Judging Amy's Flow Model or Assessing Model Credibility

        William Woessner

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   Complexity

        J. Jaime Gómez-Hernández

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   The Practical Use of Simplicity in Developing Ground-Water Models

        Mary Hill

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   Assessing Pollution Risk for Potential New Wells in Urban Areas Using a GIS Landuse Database Linked to Groundwater Modelling

        David Lerner, Ruth Davison, Nigel Tait, Janet Whittaker

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   Reducing Expectations and Raising Integrity in Environmental Modelling

        John Doherty

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   Modeling Atmosphere-Induced Pressure Fluctuations and Chemical Vapor Transport in a Heterogeneous Fractured Vadose Zone

        John McCray, W. Downs, R.W. Falta, L.T. Housley

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   The HYDRUS-PHREEQC Multicomponent Transport Model for Variably-Saturated Porous Media: Code Verification and Application

        Diederik Jacques, Jirka Simunek, Dirk Mallants,  Rien van Genuchten

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   Calibration of the Renewed and Extended Groundwater Model of the Amsterdam Dune Area Using Many Different Situations Simultaneously

        Theo Olsthoorn, Pierre Kamps

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   Testing and Improving Conceptualization of Geohydrologic Systems through Flow Modeling

        Donald Sweetkind, Claudia Faunt, Joan Blainey

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   Challenging MODFLOW

        Mary Anderson, Randall Hunt

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   Opportunities and Challenges in Research on Ground-water Modeling

        Frank Schwartz, G. Allen, Y.C. Fang, M. Ibaraki

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SECTION 1

MODFLOW-2000, Latest Developments and Related Issues

        Session Chairs: Mary Hill, Michael McDonald, Arlen Harbaugh

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   MODFLOW-ANI: A Fully 2-D Anisotropy Package for MODFLOW

        Bennie Minnema, J.R. Valstar, A. Lourens, M. de Jonge

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   Model-Layer Variable-Direction Horizontal Anisotropy (LVDA) Capability in MODFLOW-2000

        Evan Anderman, Kenneth Kipp, Mary Hill, Johan Valstar, Roseanna Neupauer

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   Improved Water Table Dynamics in Block-Centered Finite-Difference Flow Models

        Tom Clemo

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   MODGRID, Simultaneous Solving of Different Groundwater Flow Models at Various Scales; An Application to the Groundwater Model of the Amsterdam Dune Water Area

        Frans Schaars, Pierre Kamps, Jan Hoogendoorn, Kees Maas

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   Local Grid Refinement Methods For MODFLOW:  The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

        Steffen Mehl, Mary Hill

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   Predicting the Impacts of Shallow Saline Groundwater on Vegetation Health: A MODFLOW 2000 Module for Alternating ET and Recharge

        Rebecca Doble, Glen Walker, Ian Jolly, Craig Simmons

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   Coupling a Pipe-network to MODLFOW to Predict the Evolution of Karst Aquifers

        Steffen Birk, Sebastian Bauer, Rudolf Liedl, Martin Sauter

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   Effects of Simulating Multi-node Wells on Model Calibration, Interpretation, and Prediction Results

        Keith Halford, Randall Hanson

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   Application of the Multi-Node Well Package to the Simulation of Regional-Aquifer Systems in the Santa Clara Valley, California

        Randall Hanson, Z. Li, C. Faunt

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   MODFLOW Equipped with a New Method for the Accurate Simulation of Axisymmetric Flow

        Nozar Samani, Mazda Kompani-Zare, David Barry

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   Automated Management of Discontinuous Hydrogeologic Layers in MODFLOW Models

        Jerry Shi, Michael Gefell, Franklin Schwartz

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   New Subsidence Package for MODFLOW-2000

        Stanley Leake, Jörn Hoffmann, D. L. Galloway, Alicia M. Wilson

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   The Sea Water Intrusion (SWI) Package for MODFLOW

        Mark Bakker, Frans Schaars

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   Detailed Evaluation of Particle Tracking in Hydrogeologic Units

        Evan Anderman, Mary Hill

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   Inversion of Borehole Flowmeter Measurements Considering Well Screen Clogging and Skin

        Tom Clemo, Warren Barrash

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   An Alternative Approach for Assigning Well Rates in a Block-Centered Finite-Difference Grid

        Adán Pinales, Arturo Keer, Francisco Espinosa, Luisa Manzanares, Gerónimo Llerar,

        Adolfo Chávez

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SECTION 2

Connections to MODFLOW for Simulating Processes Not Included in MODFLOW

        Session Chairs: Michael McDonald, Arlen Harbaugh

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   Limitations of MODFLOW Velocity Field as the Basis for Groundwater Pollution Modeling and an Alternative Approach to Solve these Problems

        M. Ghulam Rabbani

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   MODFLOW: A Finite-Difference Groundwater Flow Model or an Integrated Finite-Difference Groundwater Flow Model?

        Dave Romero, Thomas Maddock,

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   OpenMI: Harmonizing Water Management Through an Open Modeling Interface

        Douglas Graham, P.J.A. Gijsbers, Jan Břrge Gregersen

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SECTION 3

Surface-Water/Ground-Water Interaction Modeling

        Session Chairs: Frank Schwartz, Mary Anderson, William Woessner, John Doherty

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   Surface/Subsurface Modeling of Western Orange and Seminole Counties of Florida

        Walter Jones, Sorab Panday, Sarah Frost, Brian McGurk

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   MODFLOW-WHT: A Fully-Coupled, MODFLOW-based, Surface-Subsurface Watershed Model

        R. Brad Thoms, Rick Johnson

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   Incorporating Surface-Water/Groundwater Interaction in a Texas Central Gulf Coast Water-Demand-Forecasting Flow Model

        Gilbert Barth

139

   Grid-Independent, Graph-Based Approach for Supporting the Streamflow-Routing Package in Visual MODFLOW

        Serguei Chmakov, Patrick Delaney

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   A Kinematic Wave Solution for Simulating Unsaturated Flow Beneath Streams Using MODFLOW

        Richard Niswonger, David Prudic

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   Upgrading of Non-Linear Drainage Systems in MODFLOW Models by the Use of Extremely Detailed Elevation Data

        Martina Kuijper, Chris te Stroet

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   Estimating Induced Infiltration and Cross-River Flow From Numerical Modeling

        Matthew Gamache, Robert Schreiber, Willis Weight

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   Simulation of Water Exchange Across a Gently Sloping Lakebed, South Lake Tahoe, California

        Jon Fenske, Makrom Shatila

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   Simulation of Fully-Coupled Surface and Subsurface Hydrologic Processes in Irrigated Agriculture

        George Matanga, Claire Jacquemin, Don DeMarco

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   A Groundwater Flow Model of the Trifa Aquifer in Morocco

        El Houcyne El Idrysy, Florimond De Smedt

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   Simulation of Groundwater and Conjunctive Irrigation in Florida

        Joseph Hughes, Ke Feng,

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   The Integrated Northern Tampa Bay, Florida Model: Conceptualization, Construction, and Calibration

        Greg Ruskauff, P. Tara, E. Houssenipour

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   Flow Model of an Industrial Site in Pori, W-Finland-a Simple Approximation of a Complex Drainage System

        Jussi Leveinen, Petri Lintinen

188

   An Application of MODNET to the C-4 Canal Basin in the Miami Metropolitan Area

        Mark Wilsnack, K. D. Konyha

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   Surface Water – Groundwater Interaction in a Central Texas Aquifer

        David O’Rourke

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   Regional Modeling of Groundwater Flow in the Oak Ridges Moraine Area of Southern Ontario

        E.J. Wexler, S. Holysh, D. Kassenaar, R. Gerber

203

   Modeling River Aquifer Interactions and Geologic Heterogeneity in an Alluvial Fan System – Implications for River Flow Restoration

        Jan Fleckenstein, Rich Niswonger, Graham Fogg

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   Effects of Potential Climate Change on Lake Levels and Capture Zones

        Rahul John, Tina Pint, Mary Anderson, Randy Hunt

212

   Stream-Groundwater Interactions: The Influence of Aquifer Heterogeneity and Stream Meandering on 2-D and 3-D Hyporheic Exchange Flows

        Jorge Eurico Matos, Claire Welty, Aaron Packman

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   A MODFLOW Package For Riparian Evapotranspiration

        Kathryn Baird, Thomas Maddock

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SECTION 4

Contaminant Transport Modeling

        Session Chairs: Chunmiao Zheng, T. Prabhakar Clement, Suzanne Paschke, David Hyndman

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   Positive Solution of Two-dimensional Solute Transport in Aquifers

        Paulo Herrera, Albert Valocchi

229

   The Problem of Small Negative Concentrations in Variable Density Transport Modeling and Two Test Results with MODCALIF

        Frieder Haefner, Siegrun Boy

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   Regional-Scale Modeling of Nitrate Contamination of Ground Water in Agriculture-Dominated Watersheds

        Mohammad Almasri, Jagath Kaluarachchi

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   Emulating Contaminant Sources: Perspectives on the Benefits of Using Telescopic Mesh Refinement Techniques

        Shawn Leppert, Steve Lynn

244

   PCGEOFIM – A Finite Volume Model for More?

        Mike Müller, Dietrich Sames, Holger Mansel

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   Modeling of Diffusion-Limited Retardation of Contaminants in Hydraulically and Hydrogeochemically Heterogeneous Aquifers Using a Sedimentological Facies Approach

        Thomas Ptak, Rudolf Liedl

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   Stochastic Modeling of Colloid-Facilitated Contaminant Transport in Heterogeneous Porous Media

        Ahmed Hassan, Hesham Bekhit

259

   Evaluation of Simulated Forced-gradient Tracer Tests in Heterogeneous Aquifers: Different Test Types Yield Different Longitudinal Dispersivity Estimates

        Claire Tiedeman, Paul Hsieh

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   Simulated Transport of Iodine-129 in the Snake River Plain Aquifer at and near the Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory: Preliminary Results

        Gordon Rattray, Daniel Ackerman

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   Geochemical Transport Modeling of Water Quality Changes During Managed Artificial Recharge

        Henning Prommer, Janek Greskowiak, Pieter Stuyfzand, Chittaranjan Ray

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   ART3D: An Analytical Model for Predicting 3-Dimensional Reactive Transport

        Cristhian Quezada, Clarissa M. Hansen, T. Prabhakar Clement, Norman L. Jones, Kang-Kun Lee

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   Reactive Transport of U(VI) in Groundwater

        John Phillippi, Tirtha Gautam, Prabhakar Clement, Melissa McIndoe, Mark Barnett, Eric Roden

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   Modelling of TCE Reactive Transport in a Partly Fe0 Filled Fracture:Conceptual Model and Lumped Parameter Approach

        Zuansi Cai, Neil R. Thomson, Sascha Oswald, Ryan Wilson, David N. Lerner

281

   Modelling Reactive Transport in Conduit-Continuum Hybrid Systems

        Sabine Spiessl, Martin Sauter, Henning Prommer, Tobias Licha, Chunmiao Zheng

286

   Multicomponent Simulation of Biodegradation Applying Locally Adaptive Remeshing and Parallel Processing

        Ian Watson, P. Bastian, R.S. Crouch, S.E.Oswald,

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   Modeling Natural Attenuation of BTEX and Chlorinated Ethenes in a Landfill Leachate Plume

        Geoff Thyne, Margaret Dodds, John McCray

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   Reactive Transport Modeling of Mineral Fouling in Permeable Reactive Barriers

        Lin Li, Elizabeth Mergener, Craig Benson

300

   Nitrogen Transformation and Transport Model in Saturated Soils: Model Formulation and Field Application

        Mee-Sun Lee, Kang-Kun Lee, T. Prabhakar Clement, David Hamilton

305

   Constraining Ground Water Model Calibration Using Geological Information

        Steven Young, Dave Barton, Trevor Budge

310

   Comparison of Analytical and Numerical Models for the Advection-Dispersion Equation: Mass Balance Errors in Analytical Solutions from Incorrect Application of the Retardation Factor

        Todd Umstot

315

   Upscaling Adsorption

        J. Jaime Gómez Hernández, Jianlin Fu

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   Evaluation of Estimation Errors of Partitioning Tracer Tests for Source Zones with DNAPL Pools

        Elena Moreno-Barbero, Tissa Illangasekare

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SECTION 5

Typical Problems Encountered in Modeling and Their Solutions

        Session Chairs: David Steward, Rien van Genuchten

327

   Combining Vertically Integrated Flows and Three-Dimensional Flows in Regional Groundwater Modeling

        Otto Strack, Randal Barnes

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