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MODFLOW-2005 model used to evaluate the potential effects of sea-level rise on the Kirkwood-Cohansey aquifer system in the vicinity of Edwin B. Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge, New Jersey

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Release Date
2018-01-01
Start Date
2005-01-01
End Date
2015-12-01
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Citation

Fiore, A.R. and Voronin, L.M., 2018, MODFLOW-2005 model used to evaluate the potential effects of sea-level rise on the Kirkwood-Cohansey aquifer system in the vicinity of Edwin B. Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge, New Jersey: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/F76W98JB.

Summary

A three-dimensional groundwater flow model, MODFLOW-2005 with the SWI2 module, was developed to provide a better understanding of the geohydrology of the Kirkwood-Cohansey aquifer system in the vicinity of Edwin B. Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge, New Jersey. The model was used to evaluate the potential effects of three sea-level rise scenarios on the aquifer system. The model was calibrated to average 2005-15 hydrologic conditions. The model also simulated the movement of the freshwater-seawater interface for three sea-level rise scenarios.This USGS data release contains all of the input and output files for the simulations described in the associated model documentation report (https://doi.org/10.3133/sir20175135).

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Purpose

MODFLOW-2005 with the SWI2 module, was used to evaluate changes in groundwater-level altitudes that may result from a rise in sea level in the vicinity of the Edwin B. Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge, New Jersey. The model focuses on the unconfined Kirkwood-Cohansey aquifer system in the Atlantic Coastal Plain of New Jersey in the vicinity of the refuge. The development of the model input and output files included in this data release are documented in the U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2017-5135 (https://doi.org/10.3133/sir20175135)
Image of the model domain and active area of the model.
Image of the model domain and active area of the model.

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These data were originally released on the Water Mission Area National Spatial Data Infrastructure Node and were migrated to sciencebase.gov in 2023.

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DOI https://www.sciencebase.gov/vocab/category/item/identifier doi:10.5066/F76W98JB

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