Ground Water Flow and Transport for the SICS and TIME Models

Project Investigators: Chris Langevin, Melinda Lohmann, Marc Stewart Project Start Date: 2000 End Date: 2006 Work Plans Project Summaries Metadata Publications

Summary

This project aims to further the understanding of surface water and ground water interactions in the Everglades.

Please note: This project is now part of the "SICS and TIME model linkages and development in support of Everglades Restoration" project

For more information, please see the Tides and Inflows in the Mangrove Ecotone (TIME) Model Development Project Webpage.

Surface water and ground water interactions play an important role in Everglades hydrology, particularly near the coast where the salinity of surface water can be affected by the underlying saline ground water. The focus of this project is on the development of a variable-density ground water flow and solute transport model to simulate flow and salinity interactions between surface water and groundwater along the southwest Gulf coast and Florida bay boundaries of Everglades National Park. Development of algorithms and simulation techniques and an increased understanding of surface water and ground water interactions can help better predict the hydrologic response of the Everglades to restoration alternatives.

Work Plans

• 2003
• 2004

Project Summaries

• 2002

Metadata

• Ground Water Flow and Transport for the SICS and TIME Models (project metadata)

Publications

Abstracts

• Flows, Stages, and Salinities: How Accurate is the SICS Integrated Surface-Water/Ground-Water Flow and Transport Model? (from the GEER Conference, April 2003)

Bibliographies

• Langevin

Computer Programs

• SEAWAT: A Computer Program for Simulation of Three-Dimensional Variable-Density Ground-Water Flow (from the Water Resources of the United States website)

Open File Reports

• MODFLOW-2000, the U.S. Geological Survey Modular Ground-Water Model–Documentation of the SEAWAT-2000 Version with the Variable-Density Flow Process (VDF) and the Integrated MT3DMS Transport Process (IMT) (OFR-03-426, from the Water Resources of Florida website)
• Simulation of Integrated Surface-Water/Ground-Water Flow and Salinity for a Coastal Wetland and Adjacent Estuary (OFR-2004-1097, available from the Water Resources of the United States website)

Water Resources Investigations Reports

• User's Guide to SEAWAT: A Computer Program for Simulation of Three-Dimensional Variable-Density Ground-Water Flow (Techniques of Water-Resources Investigations Book 6, Chapter A7 (Supersedes OFR 01-434), available from the Water Resources of Florida website)