ParFlow Resources
About ParFlow
Conceptual illustration of the ParFlow-CLM model (Figure from Maxwell and Condon (2016) supplementary information)
ParFlow is a numerical model that simulates the hydrologic cycle from the bedrock to the top of the plant canopy. It integrates three-dimensional groundwater flow with overland flow and plant processes using physically-based equations to rigorously simulate fluxes of water and energy in complex real-world systems. You can learn more about the ParFlow model and how it works here.
ParFlow is a computationally advanced model that can run on laptops and supercomputers and has been used in hundreds of studies evaluating hydrologic processes from the hillslope to the continental scale.
This page provides a centralized set of tools for interacting with and learning more about ParFlow. ParFlow is an open source model. The source code and and user manual (linked below) provide the most complete documentation for the code. In addition we provide links here for tools that can make it easier to build and evaluate ParFlow models as well as short course teaching materials.
Tools for interacting with ParFlow
PF Tools
SubsetTools
Short Courses
We teach ParFlow short courses for new users. To be informed on upcoming short courses please join the ParFlow mailing list. In the meantime you can get started with the resources from previous short courses:
Basic TCL Based
Advanced TCL Based
Python Based
Mailing List
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