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Transport Modeling

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Technical Memos
GW 93.01 Establishment of a National Policy to Archive Ground-Water Flow and Transport Models [an error occurred while processing this directive]
SW 88.04 Transport Modeling System Available on PRIME
SW 89.13 Determination of Stream Reaeration Coefficients by Use of Tracers
SW 90.05 PROGRAMS AND PLANS--Transport Modeling System Announced
SW 90.12 Water-Resources Investigations Report 89-4061, "Proceedings of the Advanced Seminar on One-Dimensional, Open-Channel Flow and Transport Modeling"
SW 96.06 Distribution of Water-Resources Investigations Report 96-4013, "Prediction of traveltime and longitudinal dispersion in rivers and streams," by Harvey E. Jobson
SW 97.03 Distribution of Water-Resources Investigations Report 97-4050, "Enhancements to the Branched Lagrangian Transport Modeling System," by Harvey E. Jobson
SW 98.02 Distribution of ASCE Report, "Predicting Travel Time and Dispersion in Rivers and Streams," by Harvey E. Jobson [an error occurred while processing this directive]
WRD 96.20 U.S. Geological Survey Circular 1133, "Contaminants in the Mississippi River, 1987-92," edited by Robert H. Meade
WRD 96.32 WRD Hydrologic Analysis and Modeling Software Applications

Publications
Prediction of Traveltime and Longitudinal Dispersion in Rivers and Streams - WRIR 96-4013

Training
ID2020TC Modeling Flow and Transport in a Riverine Environment
QW1022TC Water Quality Principles

Software
BLTM - Branched Lagrangian Transport Model
HSPF - Hydroogical Simulation Program--Fortran
DAFLOW
FEQ - Full Equations Model, flow model
FourPt - An unsteady, one-dimensional, open-channel flow model

References

News
The DAFLOW model is currently being linked to the MODFLOW groundwater model to allow the simulation of surface-water/ground-water interactions. Linkage of BLTM to MODFLOW is planned for the near future.
A GUI interface for the DAFLOW/BLTM transport modeling system is under development.

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