SWAT+MODFLOW: a new hydrologic model for simulating surface-subsurface flow in managed watersheds

Bailey, Ryan T.; Abbas, Salam; Arnold, Jeffrey G.; White, Michael J.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-18-5681-2025

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https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-18-5681-2025

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https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-18-5681-2025

© Author(s) 2025. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 18, issue 17

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05 Sep 2025

Model description paper |

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SWAT+MODFLOW: a new hydrologic model for simulating surface-subsurface flow in managed watersheds

Ryan T. Bailey, Salam Abbas, Jeffrey G. Arnold, and Michael J. White

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