This is a link to the open access, published dataset and modeling that supports a feasibility study of Reservoir Thermal Energy Storage (RTES) in the Portland Basin, Oregon, USA. Citation: Burns, E.R., 2020, SUTRA model used to evaluate Saline or Brackish Aquifers as Reservoirs for Thermal Energy Storage in the Portland Basin, Oregon, USA: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9A6D6XM.

This data release documents eight 30-year SUTRA simulations summarized in Pepin and others (2025) and provides output from one short (1-year) simulation to provide verification that the model code runs properly. The most recent, but not-yet published, version of SUTRA (version 4.0) was used to evaluate reservoir thermal energy storage performance by simulating radially symmetric groundwater and heat transport for layered systems in the following eight metropolitan area cities: Albuquerque, New Mexico; Charleston, South Carolina; Chicago and Decatur, Illinois; Lansing, Michigan; Memphis, Tennessee; Phoenix, Arizona; and Portland, Oregon. This U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) data release contains the input and output files for those simulations described in Pepin and others (2025). The SUTRA (version 4.0) executable and Python script needed to run the simulations are currently only made available to USGS users (see child item) because the required supporting documentation for public release has not yet been published. Users are encouraged to review Pepin and others (2025) to understand the purpose and limitations of this model.

This is the modeling data (input/output files of TOUGHREACT 4.10) used to simulate the reactive transport processes of the Aquifer Thermal Energy Storage (ATES) operations at Stockton University, NJ. Readme.txt lists all the files. TOUGHREACT 4.10 requires to reproduce the modeling output. The modeling data in this submission is related to the Aquifer Injection for Energy Storage purposes outlined in "Reactive Transport Modeling of Aquifer Thermal Energy Storage System at Stockton, NJ During Seasonal Operations".

This is the modeling data (input/output files of TOUGHREACT 4.10) used to simulate the reactive transport processes of the Aquifer Thermal Energy Storage (ATES) operations at Stockton University, NJ. Readme.txt lists all the files. TOUGHREACT 4.10 requires to reproduce the modeling output. The modeling data in this submission is related to the Aquifer Injection for Energy Storage purposes outlined in "Reactive Transport Modeling of Aquifer Thermal Energy Storage System at Stockton, NJ During Seasonal Operations".

Mesh, properties, initial conditions, injection/withdrawal rates for modeling thermal, hydrological, and mechanical effects of fluid injection to and withdrawal from ground for Stockton University reservoir cooling system (aquifer storage cooling system), Galloway, New Jersey, on large scale grid, with some results. First simulation of J.T. Smith, E. Sonnenthal, P. Dobson, P. Nico, and M. Worthington, 2021. Thermal-hydrological-mechanical modeling of Stockton University reservoir cooling system, Proceedings of the 46th Workshop on Geothermal Reservoir Engineering, Stanford University, SGP-TR-218, from which Figures 1-5 pertain.

Mesh, properties, initial conditions, injection/withdrawal rates for modeling thermal, hydrological, and mechanical effects of fluid injection to and withdrawal from ground for Stockton University reservoir cooling system (aquifer storage cooling system), Galloway, New Jersey, on large scale grid, with some results. First simulation of J.T. Smith, E. Sonnenthal, P. Dobson, P. Nico, and M. Worthington, 2021. Thermal-hydrological-mechanical modeling of Stockton University reservoir cooling system, Proceedings of the 46th Workshop on Geothermal Reservoir Engineering, Stanford University, SGP-TR-218, from which Figures 1-5 pertain.

Mesh, properties, initial conditions, injection/withdrawal rates for modelling thermal, hydrological, and mechanical effects of fluid injection to and withdrawal from ground for Stockton University reservoir cooling system (aquifer storage cooling system), Galloway, New Jersey, for unscheduled two hour injection at 133 % designed capacity, on fine scale grid, with some results. Second simulation of J.T. Smith, E. Sonnenthal, P. Dobson, P. Nico, and M. Worthington, 2021. Thermal-hydrological-mechanical modeling of Stockton University reservoir cooling system, Proceedings of the 46th Workshop on Geothermal Reservoir Engineering, Stanford University, SGP-TR-218, from which Figures 6-9, pertain.

Mesh, properties, initial conditions, injection/withdrawal rates for modelling thermal, hydrological, and mechanical effects of fluid injection to and withdrawal from ground for Stockton University reservoir cooling system (aquifer storage cooling system), Galloway, New Jersey, for unscheduled two hour injection at 133 % designed capacity, on fine scale grid, with some results. Second simulation of J.T. Smith, E. Sonnenthal, P. Dobson, P. Nico, and M. Worthington, 2021. Thermal-hydrological-mechanical modeling of Stockton University reservoir cooling system, Proceedings of the 46th Workshop on Geothermal Reservoir Engineering, Stanford University, SGP-TR-218, from which Figures 6-9, pertain.

A generalized two-dimensional flow model using an enhanced version of the SUTRA model (in press) was developed to examine active-layer dynamics and permafrost thaw development broadly applicable to boreal headwater catchments. Coupled fluid-flow and energy transport was simulated through various hillslope conditions basally bounded by permafrost and subjected to seasonal air-temperature variation with superimposed linear warming. The model domain represents a generalized 2-dimensional 100 m-long fully-saturated cross-sectional hillside that slopes downward to the left from the hill top (at elevation 5 m) to a small stream (at elevation 0 m). The data included here represent a model archive for a set of generalized simulations, including a basecase and 10 variations upon the basecase. Model output includes information on seasonal changes in subsurface temperature, ice/liquid saturation conditions, and baseflow over the simulated model time duration of 100 years total. This USGS data release contains all of the input and output files for the simulations described in the associated journal article (https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/aaf0cc).

A generalized two-dimensional flow model using an enhanced version of the SUTRA model (in press) was developed to examine active-layer dynamics and permafrost thaw development broadly applicable to boreal headwater catchments. Coupled fluid-flow and energy transport was simulated through various hillslope conditions basally bounded by permafrost and subjected to seasonal air-temperature variation with superimposed linear warming. The model domain represents a generalized 2-dimensional 100 m-long fully-saturated cross-sectional hillside that slopes downward to the left from the hill top (at elevation 5 m) to a small stream (at elevation 0 m). The data included here represent a model archive for a set of generalized simulations, including a basecase and 10 variations upon the basecase. Model output includes information on seasonal changes in subsurface temperature, ice/liquid saturation conditions, and baseflow over the simulated model time duration of 100 years total. This USGS data release contains all of the input and output files for the simulations described in the associated journal article (https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/aaf0cc).