Types of Boundary Conditions Specified head (including constant head) h = f (x,y,z,t) Specified flux (including no flow) h/l = -ql/Kl Head-dependent conditions q = -Kb (hb – h)/b Implementation in MODFLOW
Versions of MODFLOW MODFLOW 88/96 MODFLOW2000 MODFLOW2005
MODFLOW88/96 required Packages required 1 is required head dependent BCs 1 is required & PCG2
RIVER Package Field setting Representation in the model
Head Dependent Boundaries MODFLOW’s River Package hb= hR = head in the river q = -Kb (hb – h)/b Head Dependent Boundaries MODFLOW’s River Package
w m Q = conductance x change in head
Q = C (hR – hijk) hijk w m RBOT Gaining River Cell
Q = C (hR – hijk) RBOT Losing River Cell
Q = C (hR – hijk) RBOT Losing River Cell
Percolating River Cell Q = C (hR – RBOT) RBOT Percolating River Cell
Definitions Riverbed Conductance = (Kv/m) wL Leakance = Kv/m Resistance = m/Kv Kv = vertical hydraulic conductivity of riverbed sediments m = thickness of riverbed sediments w = width of the river L = length of the river within the cell
Resistance River with sandy bottom = 1 day Small stream with silty bottom = 1- 10 days Stream/lake in till = 100 days
Head Dependent Boundaries in MODFLOW88/96 Q = C h River Package Drain Package General Head Boundary (GHB) Package ET Package
River Package Q = C (hR – hijk) where C =KvLw/m
Drain Package
Drain Package Q = C (hijk-d) Q = 0 if hijk<d where d = head in the drain. Q = 0 if hijk<d
General Head Boundary Package Boundary cell hB L h Q= C (hB-h) C = K A /L
Evapotranspiration (EVT) Package …to be discussed later, when we do the Final Project
Lake Model hB L GHB Q = C (hB - h) C = Conductance = K A/L K is the hydraulic conductivity of the aquifer between the model and the lake; A is the area of the boundary cell, perpendicular to flow.
Streamflow Package (Prudic 1989)- see p. 127 A&W Q Allows for dynamic interchange of groundwater and streamflow; solves for stream stage. Manning’s Equation: d = (Q n / C w S1/2)3/5 n is Manning’s Roughness coefficient New MODFLOW Package available in MODFLOW2000. • Streamflow Routing Package (Prudic 2004)
Estimating Manning’s n http://www.engineering.usu.edu/classes/cee/5470/wsp2339.pdf
• Lake Package – Available in MODFLOW2000 (Cheng and Anderson, GW,1993) (Council, 1998) (Merritt and Konikow, 2000) Solves for lake levels • MODBRANCH (Swain, 1993) • Wetland Module (Restrepo et al., GW,1998) Other packages:
Lake (LAK) Package Change in Storage = Outflow - Inflow Change in lake level = Change in Storage/Area
Head Dependent Boundaries in original MODFLOW88/96 Q = C h River Package Drain Package General Head Boundary (GHB) Package ET Package Prudic’s 1989 Streamflow Package and a few other packages have since been added to MODFLOW88/96 and are available when running MODFLOW88/96 in Groundwater Vistas.