Extending the MODPATH algorithm to rectangular unstructured grids

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Abstract

The recent release of MODFLOW-USG, which allows model grids to have irregular, unstructured connections, requires a modification of the particle-tracking algorithm used by MODPATH. This paper describes a modification of the semi-analytical particle-tracking algorithm used by MODPATH that allows it to be extended to rectangular-based unstructured grids by dividing grid cells with multi-cell face connections into sub-cells. The new method will be incorporated in the next version of MODPATH which is currently under development.

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Pollock, D.W., 2016, Extending the MODPATH algorithm to rectangular unstructured grids: Ground Water, v. 54, no. 1, p. 121-125, https://doi.org/10.1111/gwat.12328.

Publication type Article
Publication Subtype Journal Article
Title Extending the MODPATH algorithm to rectangular unstructured grids
Series title Ground Water
DOI 10.1111/gwat.12328
Volume 54
Issue 1
Publication Date March 05, 2015
Year Published 2016
Language English
Publisher Water Well Journal Pub. Co.
Publisher location Worthington, OH
Contributing office(s) Office of Ground Water
Description 5 p.
Larger Work Type Article
Larger Work Subtype Journal Article
Larger Work Title Ground Water
First page 121
Last page 125
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