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Time Step Length Calculator

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The Time Step Length Calculator is used to calculate the maximum length of the initial time step in a MODFLOW stress period based on the length of the stress period, number of time steps, and the multiplier. It is displayed by selecting a cell for the initial time step length in the MODFLOW Time dialog box clicking the button labeled F(). The Time Step Length Calculator uses the formula that MODFLOW uses:

TimeStepFormula

PERLEN = the length of the stress period

TSMULT = the time step multiplier

NSTP = the number of steps in the stress period.