PVAL - Parameter Value File

Abbreviation in Name file

PVAL

Purpose

Parameter values in this file replace parameter values specified in the files where parameters are defined.

Documentation

•	Harbaugh, A.W., 2005, MODFLOW-2005, the U.S. Geological Survey modular ground-water model -- the Ground-Water Flow Process: U.S. Geological Survey Techniques and Methods 6-A16, variously p.

•	Hanson, R.T., Boyce, S.E., Schmid, Wolfgang, Hughes, J.D., Mehl, S.M., Leake, S.A., Maddock, Thomas, III, and Niswonger, R.G., 2014, One-Water Hydrologic Flow Model (MODFLOW-OWHM): U.S. Geological Survey Techniques and Methods 6–A51, 120 p., http://dx.doi.org/10.3133/tm6A51.

Related Packages

The Sensitivity (SEN ) process in MODFLOW-2000 provides the same functionality as the PVAL input file and more.

Supported in

•	MODFLOW-2005

•	MODFLOW-LGR

•	MODFLOW-CFP

•	MODFLOW-NWT

•	MODFLOW-OWHM

The Parameter Value File is the file that is specified with “PVAL” as the file type. Parameter values in this file replace parameter values specified in the files where parameters are defined.

FOR EACH SIMULATION

Data Set 0

[#Text]

Item 0 is optional—“#” must be in column 1. Item 0 can be repeated multiple times.

Text—is a character variable (199 characters) that starts in column 2. Any characters can be included in Text. The “#” character must be in column 1. Lines beginning with # are restricted to the first lines of the file. Text is written to the Listing File.

Data Set 1

NP repetitions of Item 2 are read.

Data Set 2

PARNAM Parval

NP repetitions of Item 2 are read.

PARNAM—is the name of a parameter whose value is to be defined. This name can consist of 1 to 10 characters and is not case sensitive. That is, any combination of the same characters with different case will be equivalent.

Parval—is the parameter value. This value overrides the parameter value specified in the file where the parameter is defined.

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