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Chapter 3: MODPATH User’s Guide
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MODPATH Output Files
Summary File
A summary of input data and the MODPATH simulation is printed in a file named
<summary.pth>. Each major data item is summarized. Arrays can be printed in several formats, or
printing can be suppressed (Appendix A - Input Files). In addition to summarizing input data, the
<summary.pth> file also provides additional information about the MODPATH simulation,
including error messages.
Particle Coordinate Files
MODPATH produces the following output files that contain coordinate and travel time
data. The combination of files generated by MODPATH is a function of the output mode specified
by the user:
Mode
Files
ENDPOINT
endpoint (or, endpoint.bin)
PATHLINE
endpoint (or, endpoint.bin)
pathline (or, pathline.bin)
TIME SERIES
endpoint (or, endpoint.bin)
timesers (or, timesers.bin)
The files <endpoint>, <pathline>, and <timesers> contain the basic numerical data on
particle coordinates and other attributes required by MODPATH-PLOT to produce graphical
output. These files also can serve as input data for other user-defined graphics programs. The
binary files ending in the ".bin" suffix are produced when the user chooses the keyword, BINARY,
in the main data file. Detailed descriptions of the structure, contents, and format of the endpoint,
pathline, and time series files are presented in Appendix B, Particle Coordinate Data Files.
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