WRF-Hydro/MODFLOW Coupled Modeling Framework Using the Basic Model Interface (BMI)

This record preserves version BMIv2.0 of the NCAR WRF-Hydro source code used in the associated study of dynamic coupling between WRF-Hydro and the U.S. Geological Survey MODFLOW. The release provides the BMI-enabled WRF-Hydro source code used to initialize, advance, exchange variables between, and finalize the coupled model components.

In the study, the Basic Model Interface supports the exchange of groundwater recharge and discharge information between the WRF-Hydro land-surface and routing components and MODFLOW. The coupled framework was demonstrated over the Republican and Delaware River basins to examine interactions among groundwater head, recharge, drainage, soil moisture, and evapotranspiration.

The archived source corresponds to GitHub tag BMIv2.0 and commit 55ed71c8fe4e82a385aad2d4c2aa576039c814ba in the NCAR/wrf_hydro_nwm_public repository. This record contains the WRF-Hydro source code and its BMI coupling interfaces. Manuscript-specific model configurations, MODFLOW inputs, post-processing scripts, and simulation outputs are archived separately at USGS ScienceBase (https://doi.org/10.5066/P14JQEHO). Use and redistribution are governed by the license included with the archived source code.