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BioRT-Flux-PIHM v1.0: a biogeochemical reactive transport model at the watershed scale
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA 16802, USA
Yuning Shi
Department of Ecosystem Science and Management, The Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA 16802, USA
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA 16802, USA
Leila Saberi
Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, MN 55455, USA
Gene-Hua Crystal Ng
Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, MN 55455, USA
Kayalvizhi Sadayappan
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA 16802, USA
Devon Kerins
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA 16802, USA
Bryn Stewart
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA 16802, USA
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA 16802, USA
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Short summary
Watersheds are the fundamental Earth surface functioning unit that connects the land to aquatic systems. Here we present the recently developed BioRT-Flux-PIHM v1.0, a watershed-scale biogeochemical reactive transport model, to improve our ability to understand and predict solute export and water quality. The model has been verified against the benchmark code CrunchTope and has recently been applied to understand reactive transport processes in multiple watersheds of different conditions.
Watersheds are the fundamental Earth surface functioning unit that connects the land to aquatic...
