Open-File Report 2006–1104
U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY
Open-File Report 2006–1104
Table 3. Description of the parameter names in the sensitivity file and the associated packages and files.
[Package/File associated with parameter: DRN, Drain Package; HFB6, Horizontal-Flow Barrier Package; HUF2, Hydrogeologic-Unit Flow Package; KDEP, Hydraulic-conductivity depth-dependence parameter; RCH, Recharge Package; SEN, Sensitivity Process. Abbreviations: m/d, meter per day; (m/d)/m, meter per day per meter; 1/m, 1 over meter]
| Parameter name description (units) |
Package/file associated with parameter |
Number of parameters defined in the SEN process |
Parameter name prefix or suffix |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fault hydraulic characteristic [(m/d)/m] | HFB6 | 9 | B_ |
| Drain conductance [(m/d)/m] | DRN | 7 | _DRN1 |
| Hydraulic conductivity of confining units (m/d) | HUF2 | 8 | K1 |
| Hydraulic conductivity of carbonate-rock aquifers (m/d) | HUF2 | 20 | K2 |
| Hydraulic conductivity of volcanic-rock units (m/d) | HUF2 | 14 | K3 |
| Hydraulic conductivity of basin-fill units (m/d) | HUF2 | 14 | K4 |
| Exponential depth decay coefficient (1/m) | HUF2, KDEP | 10 | KDEP or KDP |
| Recharge multiplier (unitless) | RCH | 5 | RCH_ |
| Specific yield value applied to top model layer (unitless) | HUF2 | 3 | SY_ |
| Specific storage (1/m) | HUF2 | 4 | STOR_ |
| Vertical anisotropy (unitless) | HUF2 | 6 | VANI or VAN1 |
1Suffix appears at the end of the parameter name in the SEN file.
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