Chapter 11 – The Modeling Report, Archive, and Review

The results of a modeling project are conveyed in a final report and included in an archive in sufficient detail to allow others to replicate and reproduce modeling results. The title of the report describes the modeling objective. The report includes an executive summary or abstract, an introduction, and sections on: hydrogeologic setting and conceptual model; numerical model; calibration; forecasting simulations and uncertainty analyses. The report summarizes the main findings and conclusions with respect to the modeling objective. The report, along with files containing input data and key output files and associated metadata, is included in the modeling archive. The archive should contain all the information necessary to replicate/reproduce and assess the modeling results. Modeling reports typically are peer reviewed.