Tasks for transient calibration

1. Create the transient MODFLOW simulation using text files or a GUI

starting with the files from the steady state calibration

- perhaps rename the files,
- adjust the name file appropriately,
- change the name(s) of(in) the batch file to execute the transient simulation
- add the stress periods and time stepping to the dis package,
- consider initial conditions (preferably make the first stress period steady state),
- add storage parameters to the lpf and sen packages,
- consider the recharge package and every head dependent flux package and add additional stress periods with appropriate values
- add transient data to the observation packages
- execute MODFLOW to ensure the model is functioning properly

- change the command to run the transient model
- add storage parameters
- add transient observations
- modify the template file(s) appropriately
- modify the instruction file(s) to read the thransient simulated equivalents

download input files including modifications described in 1 and 2 above

3. Execute UCODE with sensitivity=no and optimize=no to be sure the extractions are correct

4. Execute UCODE with sensitivity=yes to confirm it is reasonable to proceed to regression given the relative sensitivity values

5. Execute UCODE with optimize=yes for parameter estimation

6. Evaluate the progress of the regression, analyze the residuals, assess the parameter estimates

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