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SEAWAT > SEAWAT 2000 (Superseded)

Notice: This USGS product has been superseded by a newer product. USGS no longer updates this page, but it may be useful as a reference or resource.

SEAWAT-2000: A Version of MODFLOW-2000 with the Variable-Density Flow Process and the Integrated MT3DMS Transport Process

By Christian D. Langevin (U.S. Geological Survey, Fort Lauderdale, Florida),
W. Barclay Shoemaker (U.S. Geological Survey, Fort Lauderdale, Florida), and
Weixing Guo (CDM Missimer, Fort Myers, Florida)

Overview

Example Seawat model results

SEAWAT-2000 is a previous release of the SEAWAT computer program for simulation of three-dimensional, variable-density, transient ground-water flow in porous media. SEAWAT-2000 was designed by combining a modified version of MODFLOW-2000 and MT3DMS into a single computer program. The code was developed using the MODFLOW-2000 concept of a process, which is defined as “part of the code that solves a fundamental equation by a specified numerical method.” SEAWAT-2000 contains all of the processes distributed with MODFLOW-2000 and also includes the Variable-Density Flow Process (as an alternative to the constant-density Ground-Water Flow Process) and the Integrated MT3DMS Transport Process. Processes may be active or inactive, depending on simulation objectives; however, not all processes are compatible. For example, the Sensitivity and Parameter Estimation Processes are not compatible with the Variable-Density Flow and Integrated MT3DMS Transport Processes. The SEAWAT-2000 computer code was tested with the common variable-density benchmark problems and also with problems representing evaporation from a salt lake and rotation of immiscible fluids.


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