Can anybody guide me which software should be used for hydrological modelling of ground water?

Can anybody guide me which software should be used for hydrological modelling of ground water?

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5 Answers

1. The USGS has been a leader in the development of hydrologic and geochemical simulation models, some models are free to download for hydrological modeling. Surf this website and see which one can help you, http://water.usgs.gov/nrp/models.html

2. A "the best model" for all purposes does not exist. It always depends on many factors, above all on the goal and purpose of your study, as already mentioned. Besides that, other factors that narrow your search down, are the targeted temporal scale/resolution, available data (e.g. for catchment description, calibration, validation), spatial scale of your study site (global, regional, catchment scale, slope scale, microscale). These aspects should bring you closer to answering the question which TYPE OF MODEL and, in a next step, which model to choose. One reference that helped a lot to "orientate" in this field, was Beven (2012), "Rainfall-Runoff Modelling", 2nd Ed. Also, you may want to check the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers: The Hydrologic Engineering Center (HEC) developed a series of free products on hydraulic modelling, hydrologic modelling etc.

3. Definetely, the most used is MODFLOW. Another interesting software is FEFLOW. The main difference is the model: FEFLOW is based in finite elements

4. Yes. We also using Modflow. Thank you Kumar for your input. Judith

5. It depends upon the purpose of study and available data. A number of software for groundwater flow, transport, and geochemical reactions, including groundwater/surface-water interactions; variably-saturated flow and transport; hydrograph-separation and other streamflow-based programs; analysis of aquifer tests and slug tests; graphical user interfaces and post processors are available at USGS website http://water.usgs.gov/software/lists/groundwater/ . MODFLOW is the most widely used Modular Three-Dimensional Groundwater Flow Model.