ModelArchiver is a program designed to facilitate the creation of groundwater model archives that meet the requirements
of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) policy (Office of Groundwater Technical Memorandum 2016.02, https://water.usgs.gov/
admin/memo/GW/gw2016.02.pdf, https://water.usgs.gov/ogw/policy/gw-model/). ModelArchiver version 1.0 leads the user
step-by-step through the process of creating a USGS groundwater model archive. The user specifies the contents of each
of the subdirectories within the archive and provides descriptions of the archive contents. Descriptions of some files can be
specified automatically using file extensions. Descriptions also can be specified individually. Those descriptions are added to a
readme.txt file provided by the user. ModelArchiver moves the content of the archive to the archive folder and compresses some
folders into .zip files.
As part of the archive, the modeler must create a metadata file describing the archive. The program has a built-in metadata
editor and provides links to websites that can aid in creation of the metadata. The built-in metadata editor is also available as
a stand-alone program named FgdcMetaEditor version 1.0, which also is described in this report. ModelArchiver updates the
metadata file provided by the user with descriptions of the files in the archive. An optional archive list file generated automatically
by ModelMuse can streamline the creation of archives by identifying input files, output files, model programs, and ancillary
files for inclusion in the archive.