Integration of the MODFLOW Lak7 package in the FREEWAT GIS modelling environment

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1 Dipartimento Ambiente Costruzione e Design - DACD, Scuola Universitaria Professionale della Svizzera Italiana - SUPSI, Canobbio, Ticino, Switzerland
2 Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, Pisa, Italy
3 Technische Universität Darmstadt, Darmstadt, Germany
4 Tea Sistemi SpA, Pisa, Italy
DOI
10.7287/peerj.preprints.2207v1
Published
Accepted
Subject Areas
Spatial and Geographic Information Systems, Software Engineering
Keywords
freewat, modflow, lake package, groudwater, lake
Copyright
© 2016 Cannata et al.
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Cite this article
Cannata M, Neumann J, Cardoso M, Rossetto R, Foglia L, Borsi I. 2016. Integration of the MODFLOW Lak7 package in the FREEWAT GIS modelling environment. PeerJ Preprints 4:e2207v1

Abstract

The MODFLOW Lake Package is integrated into the FREEWAT GIS environment in order to simulate surface water - groundwater interaction using state of the art techniques for numerical simulations, thus allowing the improved consideration of surface water bodies for water resources management. Surface water bodies, both stationary and flowing, can strongly affect groundwater elevations and flow patterns which in turn may affect the qualitative and quantitative state of groundwater resources. With the advancement of numerical simulation techniques and increased model complexity, FREEWAT facilitates the usage of the lake package through existing QGIS tools to edit model layer geometry as well as an intuitive and simple user interface for the specification of constant and time variable lake properties as defined through MODFLOW.

Author Comment

This is an article intended for the OGRS2016 Collection - Session: Open Geospatial for water.