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The Surface/Vadose package for computing runoff, evapotranspiration, and net recharge in modflow
The Surface/Vadose package for computing runoff, evapotranspiration, and net recharge in modflow
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Council, Gregory W.
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Hatcher, Kathryn J.
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Abstract
The newly developed Surface/Vadose (SV) Package is an open-source MODFLOW module that automatically calculates overland runoff, evapotranspiration (ET), and net groundwater recharge from given rainfall and anthropogenic inflows (e.g., irrigation, septic-tank discharge). The SV Package uses fairly simple empirical relationships to simulate the water-budget processes at the land surface and in the vadose zone.
The SV Package has been applied in northeastern Florida and is suitable for other coastal-plain areas. It is particularly useful where the water table is near land surface, where there are groundwater-fed wetlands, and where ET is a significant component of the hydrologic water budget.
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Sponsored by:
Georgia Environmental Protection Division
U.S. Geological Survey, Georgia Water Science Center
U.S. Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service
Georgia Institute of Technology, Georgia Water Resources Institute
The University of Georgia, Water Resources Faculty
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2005-04
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