Installing MODFLOW and Argus ONE

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Installing Argus ONE

Argus ONE can be downloaded from the http://www.argusint.com/Download.html There are installation instructions there that describe in detail how to install Argus ONE. Check http://www.argusint.com/TechSupportLib.html for additional information on installing Argus ONE on Windows XP.

Installing the MODFLOW GUI

Download the installer from http://water.usgs.gov/nrp/gwsoftware/mfgui4/modflow-gui.html and run it. This will not only the MODFLOW GUI but also MODFLOW-200, GWT, MODPATH, and ZONEBUDGET.

Installing MODFLOW

If you downloaded and installed the MODFLOW GUI installer, MODFLOW-2000, MODFLOW-2000, MF2K-GWT, MODPATH version 4.2 (or later) and ZONEBUDGET Version 2.1 (or later) will have been installed on your system by the installer. However, MODFLOW-96, MOC3D, MODPATH version 3.2, and ZONEBUDGET version 1.0 are not installed. You can get them from the following URLs:

The exercises in this tutorial were designed for MODFLOW-96 but have been converted for use with MODFLOW-2000.

If you do not already have MODFLOW-2000 installed, download MODFLOW-2000 from http://water.usgs.gov/nrp/gwsoftware/modflow2000/modflow2000.html. Be sure to get one of the compiled versions for PC. You do not need the source code unless you have a FORTRAN compiler and intend to recompile MODFLOW.

MODFLOW-2000 comes in a self-extracting file. Double click on the file and enter C: in the edit box.

The self-extracting file will extract mf2k.exe into c:\mf2k1_8\bin. If that directory does not exist, it will be created during the extraction. Other files such as sample data sets will also be extracted from the self-extracting file into c:\mf2k1_8 or it's subdirectories.

The executable version of MODFLOW-2000 (mf2k.exe) is assumed to be located in a directory with the pathname c:\mf2k1_8\bin; the full pathname of the executable for MODFLOW-2000 is assumed to be c:\mf2k1_8\bin\mf2k.exe. If the executable version of MODFLOW-2000 is located in another directory, you may select the correct location when exporting the model input files.

You may use a different versions of MODFLOW-96 and MODFLOW-2000 with the MODFLOW PIE so long as your version of MODFLOW-96 or MODFLOW-2000 is fully compatable with the USGS version of MODFLOW-96 or MODFLOW-2000.

Some commercial versions of MODFLOW may be modified versions of MODFLOW-88 and thus would be incompatible with the MODFLOW GUI.