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Modeling surface-water flow and sediment mobility with the Multi-Dimensional Surface-Water Modeling System (MD_SWMS)

Richard McDonald·Jonathan Nelson·Paul Kinzel·Jeffrey S. Conaway
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The Multi-Dimensional Surface-Water Modeling System (MD_SWMS) is a Graphical User Interface for surface-water flow and sediment-transport models. The capabilities of MD_SWMS for developing models include: importing raw topography and other ancillary data; building the numerical grid and defining initial and boundary conditions; running simulations; visualizing results; and comparing results with measured data.

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Richard McDonald, Jonathan Nelson, Paul Kinzel, Jeffrey S. Conaway. 2006. Modeling surface-water flow and sediment mobility with the Multi-Dimensional Surface-Water Modeling System (MD_SWMS). https://doi.org/10.3133/fs20053078

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