HydroGeoSphere Model Input Files and Results for Validation of Pesticide Leaching to Groundwater for Nine EU FOCUS Scenarios

This dataset includes HydroGeoSphere (HGS) model (Aquanty, 2024) input and output files for nine Forum for the Co-ordination of Pesticide Models and their Use (FOCUS) scenarios (EC, 2014) for simulation of leaching of four test contaminants to groundwater. It is recommended that users are familiar with HGS software in order to best make use of the available files. Scenarios are included in separate subfolders named using the first four letters of the FOCUS scenario location name, e.g. folder "chat" contains the model run for the "Chateaudun" scenario. It is recommended that users familiarize themselves with the (EC, 2014) groundwater scenarios. HGS model inputs are specified in the *.grok ASCII text file for each scenario in each subfolder. Soil material properties and evapotranspiration properties are included in HGS input files in ASCII text format in the "material_properties" subfolder. Solute application timing for each scenario are include in the "solute_app" subfolder. And climate times series inputs are included in the "weather" subfolder.