[Dashes (–) indicate that values are not applicable]
| Input variable name | Default values | Range | ||
| Iteration Control | ||||
| 1×10-4 (L)* | – | |||
| 500 (L3/T)* | – | |||
| 100 | 10–2,000 | |||
| Dry Cell Tolerance | ||||
| 0.00001 | 1×10-6-1 | |||
| NWT Options | ||||
| 1 | 1 or 2 | |||
| 0 | 0 or 2 | |||
| 0** | 0 or 1 | |||
| Under relaxation Input | ||||
| 
 | Model Complexity | 
 | ||
| 
 | Simple | Moderate | Complex | 
 | 
| 0.97 | 0.90 | 0.85 | 0–1 | |
| 0.0001 | 0.00001 | 0.00001 | 0–1 | |
| 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0–1 | |
| 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0–1 | |
| Residual Control | ||||
| 
 | Model Complexity | 
 | ||
| 
 | Simple | Moderate | Complex | 
 | 
| 0*** | 0 | 1 | 0 or 1 | |
| 20 | 20 | 50 | 1–100 | |
| 1.5 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 1–2 | |
| 0.97 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 0.05–0.99 | |
| Linear Solution Control and Options for GMRES | ||||
| 
 | Model Complexity | 
 | ||
| 
 | Simple | Moderate | Complex | 
 | 
| 50 | 50 | 50 | 25–1,000 | |
| 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 or 2 | |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | 5–10 for ILUMETHOD=1 0–2 for ILUMETHOD=2 | |
| 1×10-10 | 1×10-10 | 1×10-10 | 1×10-8-1×10-12 | |
| 5 | 10 | 15 | 5–20 | |
| Linear Solution Control and Options for χMD | ||||
| 
 | Model Complexity | 
 | ||
| 
 | Simple | Moderate | Complex | 
 | 
| 1 | 1 | 2 | 0,1, or 2 | |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0,1, or 2 | |
| 1 | 1 | 15 | 1–10 | |
| 5 | 10 | 1 | 4-10 for Orthomin 2 otherwise | |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 or 1 | |
| 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0–0.0001 | |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 or 1 | |
| 5×10-3 | 5×10-3 | 1×10-3 | 5×10-5-1×10-3 | |
| 1×10-3 | 1×10-3 | 1×10-4 | 1×10-3-1×10-5 | |
| 50 | 100 | 200 | 25–1,000 | |
*These values are dependent on the units specified in the MODFLOW-2005 discretization input file. Values given are for units of meters and days.
**The optimal value for IBOTAV is problem specific. Values of 0 and 1 should be tested for each problem.
***BACKFLAG should be set to 0 (residual control set to inactive) unless there are convergence problems. “OPTIONS” must be set to “SPECIFIED” if the residual control option is used.