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Texture2Par User Manual

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California Department of Water Resources
Last updated:
March 26, 2026
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Texture2Par is a simple but powerful tool that allows groundwater professionals to generate 3D texture models and aquifer parameter input data for groundwater models. This document serves as a user manual for Texture2Par and provides an overview of the tool inputs, outputs, setup and execution, and limitations. References: + DWR, 2022, SVSim: Sacramento Valley Groundwater-Surface Water Simulation Model, Texture2Par User’s Guide: A Parameterization Utility for IWFM and MODFLOW, Version 1.0.0, https://data.cnra.ca.gov/dataset/svsim/resource/88cbfa06-a2e7-4078-8f76-a1044d32fe70. + Scantlebury, L., Bedekar, V., Tonkin, M.J. Karanovic, M., and Harter, T, 2025, Texture2Par: A texture-driven tool for estimating subsurface hydraulic properties, Environmental Modelling & Software, Volume 187, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsoft.2025.106372. Questions and comments may be directed to Basin.Characterization@water.ca.gov.

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