Worked MODFLOW Case: Linearized Unconfined Periodic Recharge 1D

This page keeps the scientific worked-case anchor for the 1D linearized unconfined recharge example. The executable gallery case is:

• Linearized Unconfined 1D Periodic Recharge

Use it to check transient output conventions before interpreting a natural basin run:

• the recharge signal has a clear chronology;

• the head response can be inspected as state snapshots;

• budgets must be read as values over stress-period intervals;

• timings can be compared independently from physical accuracy metrics.

The case is intentionally simpler than Nancon-like examples. Its role is to separate temporal convention issues from mesh, topography, drainage, and natural-basin configuration effects.

See also:

• MODFLOW Governing Equation And CVFD Formulation

• Comparison And Method Choice

• Comparison Output Reading Order