Inventories of studies implementing models for Cache Valley, Utah

This review of literature compiles modeling effort that were undertaken for the Cache Valley, Utah, USA in groundwater (head and concentration), surface water, water quality (temperature, sediments, and chemical contaminants), and climate. In other words, this work is a compilation of the studies that included a modeling framework to model any of the above mentioned systems.

Most of the literature pertaining to the aquifer characterization models in Cache Valley were either obtained from government reports or unpublished work. The review of the literature points to the lack of the use of computer models that are available in the field to model the aquifer. The current models characterizing the aquifer in Cache Valley indicates the need for revising both the conceptual and computer models. The primary reason being differences in the characterization by different workers. However, there has been a steady buildup of conceptual models characterizing the aquifer.

本文献综述系统梳理了针对美国犹他州卡什谷（Cache Valley）开展的各类建模研究工作，研究范畴涵盖地下水（水头与溶质浓度）、地表水、水质（水温、沉积物与化学污染物）以及气候四大领域。换言之，本综述汇总了所有采用建模框架对上述任一系统进行模拟的相关研究。

本次综述涉及的卡什谷含水层表征模型相关文献，大多源自政府报告或未公开发表的研究成果。文献综述结果显示，当前领域内已有的可用计算机模型在卡什谷含水层模拟中的应用存在不足。当前用于表征卡什谷含水层的各类模型均表明，现有概念模型与计算机模型均亟待修订完善，核心原因在于不同研究人员对含水层的表征结果存在差异。尽管如此，针对该含水层的概念模型研究已得到稳步积累与发展。