Publications

To cite Tethys Platform use:

Swain, N. R., Latu, K., Christensen, S. D., Jones, N. L., Nelson, E. J., Ames, D. P., & Williams, G. P. (2015). A review of open source software solutions for developing water resources web applications. Environmental Modelling & Software, 67, 108-117. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsoft.2015.01.014.

Tethys Platform Bibliography (please add your research).

Tethys Platform

Jones, N., Nelson, J., Swain, N., Christensen, S., Tarboton, D., & Dash, P. (2014). Tethys: A Software Framework for Web-Based Modeling and Decision Support Applications. International Congress on Environmental Modelling and Software. https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/iemssconference/2014/Stream-A/25.

Swain, N. R. (2015). Tethys Platform: A Development and Hosting Platform for Water Resources Web Apps. [PhD, Brigham Young University]. https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/etd/5832.

Swain, N. R., Latu, K., Christensen, S. D., Jones, N. L., Nelson, E. J., Ames, D. P., & Williams, G. P. (2015). A review of open source software solutions for developing water resources web applications. Environmental Modelling & Software, 67, 108-117. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsoft.2015.01.014.

Swain, N. R., Christensen, S. D., Snow, A. D., Dolder, H., Espinoza-Dávalos, G., Goharian, E., Jones, N. L., Ames, D.P., & Burian, S. J. (2016). A new open source platform for lowering the barrier for environmental web app development. Environmental Modelling & Software, 85, 11-26. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsoft.2016.08.003.

Tethys Apps

Ashby, K., Hales, R., Nelson, J., Ames, D., & Williams, G. (2021). Hydroviewer: A Web Application to Localize Global Hydrologic Forecasts. Open Water Journal, 7(1). https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/openwater/vol7/iss1/9.

Dolder, D., Williams, G. P., Miller, A. W., Nelson, E. J., Jones, N. L., & Ames, D. P. (2021). Introducing an Open-Source Regional Water Quality Data Viewer Tool to Support Research Data Access. Hydrology, 8(2), Article 2. https://doi.org/10.3390/hydrology8020091.

Evans, S. W., Jones, N. L., Williams, G. P., Ames, D. P., & Nelson, E. J. (2020). Groundwater Level Mapping Tool: An open source web application for assessing groundwater sustainability. Environmental Modelling & Software, 131, 104782. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsoft.2020.104782.

Jones, J. E., Hales, R. C., Larco, K., Nelson, E. J., Ames, D. P., Jones, N. L., & Iza, M. (2023). Building and Validating Multidimensional Datasets in Hydrology for Data and Mapping Web Service Compliance. Water, 15(3), Article 3. https://doi.org/10.3390/w15030411.

Krewson, C. (2019). Near Real-Time Flood Forecasts from Global Hydrologic Forecasting Models [MS, Brigham Young University]. https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/etd/7476.

Magoffin, R. H., Hales, R. C., Nelson, E. J., Wara, C., Williams, G. P., South, A., & Challa, Z. K. (2025). Hydrologic Decision Support in the Nile Basin: Creating Status Products from the GEOGLOWS Hydrologic Model. Hydrology, 12(3), Article 3. https://doi.org/10.3390/hydrology12030043.

McStraw, T. C., Pulla, S. T., Jones, N. L., Williams, G. P., David, C. H., Nelson, J. E., & Ames, D. P. (2022). An Open-Source Web Application for Regional Analysis of GRACE Groundwater Data and Engaging Stakeholders in Groundwater Management. JAWRA Journal of the American Water Resources Association, 58(6), 1002–1016. https://doi.org/10.1111/1752-1688.12968.

Nelson, E. J., Pulla, S. T., Matin, M. A., Shakya, K., Jones, N., Ames, D. P., Ellenburg, W. L., Markert, K. N., David, C. H., Zaitchik, B. F., Gatlin, P., & Hales, R. (2019). Enabling Stakeholder Decision-Making With Earth Observation and Modeling Data Using Tethys Platform. Frontiers in Environmental Science, 7. https://doi.org/10.3389/fenvs.2019.00148.

Rojas-Lesmes, D., Sanchez-Lozano, J., Nelson, E. J., Chancay-Sanchez, J., Rodriguez-Chaves, J., Larco-Erazo, K., Romero, E. G., Trujillo-Vela, M., Hales, R. C., Ames, D. P., & Gutierrez, A. L. (2025). National Water Level Forecast (NWLF): An open-source customizable web application for the GEOGLOWS ECMWF global hydrological model. Information Geography, 1(1), 100008. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.infgeo.2025.100008.

Romero Bustamante, G., Nelson, E. J., Ames, D. P., Williams, G. P., Jones, N. L., Boldrini, E., Chernov, I., & Sanchez Lozano, J. L. (2021). Water Data Explorer: An Open-Source Web Application and Python Library for Water Resources Data Discovery. Water, 13(13), Article 13. https://doi.org/10.3390/w13131850.

Sanchez Lozano, J., Romero Bustamante, G., Hales, R. C., Nelson, E. J., Williams, G. P., Ames, D. P., & Jones, N. L. (2021). A Streamflow Bias Correction and Performance Evaluation Web Application for GEOGloWS ECMWF Streamflow Services. Hydrology, 8(2), Article 2. https://doi.org/10.3390/hydrology8020071.

Snow, A. D., Christensen, S. D., Swain, N. R., Nelson, E. J., Ames, D. P., Jones, N. L., Ding, D., Noman, N.S., David, C.H., Pappenberger, F., & Zsoter, E. (2016). A High-Resolution National-Scale Hydrologic Forecast System from a Global Ensemble Land Surface Model. JAWRA Journal of the American Water Resources Association, 52(4), 950–964. https://doi.org/10.1111/1752-1688.12434.

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