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Summary of SUTRAPLT


NAME
       sutraplt - A graphical display program for the Saturated-
                    Unsaturated Transport (SUTRA) Finite-Element Ground-
                    Water Simulation Model

ABSTRACT
       SUTRA-PLOT provides an easily-used, interactive, screen-oriented
       program to plot results from the SUTRA model.  Graphics options
       include:

          1. Contour plots:
              a. Concentration
              b. Saturation
              c. Pressure
              d. Temperature
          2. Velocity vector plots
          3. Finite-element mesh plots

       Specifications for individual types of plots are entered and may be
       edited interactively.  These specifications can be saved on a disk
       file for re-use, eliminating the need for re-entry of data for
       subsequent executions.

DATA REQUIREMENTS
       Two SUTRA files are required: (1) SUTRA list of input data and (2)
       SUTRA simulation output listing.  Other data are provided through
       program prompts.

SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
       SUTRA-PLOT is written in Fortran 77 with the following extension:
       use of variable names longer than 6 characters.  Graphics are coded
       using Computer Associates' DISSPLA library references for the Data
       General AViiON workstation and Lahey and Microsoft Fortran graphic
       libraries for PC versions.  Generally, the program is easily
       installed on most computer systems.  The code has been used on UNIX-
       based computers and DOS-based 386 or greater computers having a math
       coprocessor and 4 mb of memory.

DOCUMENTATION
       Souza, W.R., 1987, Documentation of a graphical display program for
          the saturated-unsaturated transport (SUTRA) finite-element
          simulation model: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources
          Investigations Report 87-4245, 122 p.

RELATED DOCUMENTATION
       Voss, C.I., 1984, A finite-element simulation model for saturated-
          unsaturated, fluid-density-dependent ground-water flow with
          energy transport or chemically-reactive single-species solute
          transport: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations
          Report 84-4369, 409 p.

CONTACTS
       Operation:
          U.S. Geological Survey
          Office of Hydrologic Research
          Clifford I. Voss
          431 National Center
          Reston, VA  20192

          cvoss@usgs.gov

       Distribution:
          U.S. Geological Survey
          Hydrologic Analysis Software Support Program
          437 National Center
          Reston, VA 20192

          h2osoft@usgs.gov

       Official versions of U.S. Geological Survey water-resources analysis
       software are available for electronic retrieval via the World Wide
       Web (WWW) at:

                  http://water.usgs.gov/software/

       and via anonymous File Transfer Protocol (FTP) from:

                  water.usgs.gov (path: /pub/software).

       The WWW page and anonymous FTP directory from which the SUTRA
       software can be retrieved are, respectively:

                  http://water.usgs.gov/software/sutra.html
                                --and--
                  /pub/software/ground_water/sutra

       If you would like to obtain the price of and (or) order paper copies
       of USGS reports, contact the USGS Branch of Information Services at:

                  U.S. Geological Survey
                  Branch of Information Services
                  Denver Federal Center, Box 25286
                  Denver CO 80225-0286

       To inquire about Open-File Reports or Water-Resources Investigations
       Reports:
                  Tel: 303-202-4210; Fax 303-202-4695

       To inquire about other USGS reports:
                  Tel: 303-202-4700; Fax 303-202-4693

SEE ALSO
       mgenrad(1) - SUTRA utility program to generate a simple mesh
       mgenrec(1) - SUTRA utility program to generate a simple mesh
       pbcgen(1) - SUTRA utility program to generate hydrostatic
                   pressure
       sutra(1) - Saturated and (or) unsaturated, constant or
                  variable-density fluid flow, and solute or energy
                  transport (2-dimensional finite-element code)

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