2026
Next-generation modeling
The NextGen Water Resources Modeling Framework: Community Innovation at the Intersection of Hydrologic, Data and Computer Sciences
JAWRA Journal of the American Water Resources Association · 2026
Ogden, F. L., Jennings, K., Clark, E. P., Coon, E., Cosgrove, B., da Cunha, L. K., et al.
Machine learning
A Machine Learning-Based High-Resolution Inventory of Soil Inorganic Carbon Across the Contiguous United States
Geophysical Research Letters · 2026
Ghahremani, Z., Huber, D., Modaresi Rad, A., Johnson, J. M., & Pierce, J.
2025
Machine learning hydrology
Interpretable Machine Learning for Predicting Rating Curve Parameters Using Channel Geometry and Hydrological Attributes Across the United States
Scientific Reports · 2025
Baruah, A., Zarrabi, R., Cohen, S., Johnson, J. M., & McDermott, R.
Open data & classification
Building Occupancy Type Classification and Uncertainty Estimation Using Machine Learning and Open Data
Environmental Data Science · 2025
Narock, T., Johnson, J. M., Singh-Mohudpur, J., & Modaresi Rad, A.
Flood intelligence & ML
Predicting Synthetic Rating Curve Adjustment Factors with Explainable Machine Learning for Enhancing the United States Operational Flood Inundation Mapping Framework
Journal of Hydrology · 2025
Baruah, A., Spies, R. R., Devi, D., Cohen, S., Aristizabal, F., Nikrou, P., Tian, D., et al.
2024
Machine learning hydrology
Enhancing River Channel Dimension Estimation: A Machine Learning Approach Leveraging the National Water Model, Hydrographic Networks, and Landscape Characteristics
Journal of Geophysical Research: Machine Learning and Computation · 2024
Modaresi Rad, A., Johnson, J. M., Ghahremani, Z., Coll, J., & Frazier, N.
National forecasting
Improved National-Scale Above-Normal Flow Prediction for Gauged and Ungauged Basins Using a Spatio-Temporal Hierarchical Model
Water Resources Research · 2024
Fang, S., Johnson, J. M., Yeghiazarian, L., & Sankarasubramanian, A.
Model sensitivity
Untangling the Impacts of Land Cover Representation and Resampling in Distributed Hydrological Model Predictions
Environmental Modelling & Software · 2024
Kim, D. H., Johnson, J. M., Clarke, K. C., & McMillan, H. K.
Remote sensing & forecasting
Leveraging Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) with the National Water Model to Improve Above-Normal Flow Prediction in Ungauged Basins
Environmental Research Letters · 2024
Fang, S., Johnson, J. M., & Sankarasubramanian, A.
Open-source tooling
AHGestimation: An R Package for Computing Robust, Mass-Preserving Hydraulic Geometries and Rating Curves
Journal of Open Source Software · 2024
Johnson, J. M., Afshari, S., & Modaresi Rad, A.
2023
National modeling
Comprehensive Analysis of the NOAA National Water Model: A Call for Heterogeneous Formulations and Diagnostic Model Selection
Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres · 2023
Johnson, J. M., Fang, S., Sankarasubramanian, A., Modaresi Rad, A., Kindl da Cunha, L., Jennings, K. S., et al.
Hydrologic data infrastructure
Generating a Reference Flow Network with Improved Connectivity to Support Durable Data Integration and Reproducibility in the Coterminous US
Environmental Modelling & Software · 2023
Blodgett, D., Johnson, J. M., & Bock, A.
Data infrastructure
Restructuring and Serving Web-Accessible Streamflow Data from the NOAA National Water Model Historic Simulations
Scientific Data · 10(1), 725 · 2023
Johnson, J. M., Blodgett, D. L., Clarke, K. C., & Pollak, J.
Urban flood modeling
Urban Flood Modeling: Uncertainty Quantification and Physics-Informed Gaussian Processes Regression Forecasting
Water Resources Research · 2023
Kohanpur, A. H., Saksena, S., Dey, S., Johnson, J. M., Riasi, M. S., & Yeghiazarian, L.
Standards & interoperability
Hydrologic Modeling and River Corridor Applications of HY_Features Concepts
OGC Public Engineering Report · 2023
Blodgett, D. L., & Johnson, J. M.
Applied risk
Human and Infrastructure Exposure to Large Wildfires in the United States
Nature Sustainability · 2023
Modaresi Rad, A., Abatzoglou, J. T., Kreitler, J., Alizadeh, M. R., & AghaKouchak, A.
Applied risk
Social Vulnerability of the People Exposed to Wildfires in US West Coast States
Science Advances · 2023
Modaresi Rad, A., Abatzoglou, J. T., Fleishman, E., Mockrin, M. H., & Radeloff, V. C.
Flood inundation mapping
Extending Height Above Nearest Drainage to Model Multiple Fluvial Sources in Flood Inundation Mapping Applications for the US National Water Model
Water Resources Research · 2023
Aristizabal, F., Salas, F., Petrochenkov, G., Grout, T., Avant, B., Bates, B., Spies, R. R., et al.
2022
AI & flood intelligence
Knowledge Graphs to Support Real-Time Flood Impact Evaluation
AI Magazine · 2022
Johnson, J. M., Narock, T., Singh-Mohudpur, J., Fils, D., Clarke, K., Saksena, S., et al.
Hydrofabric
National Hydrologic Geospatial Fabric (Hydrofabric) for the Next Generation (NextGen) Hydrologic Modeling Framework
HydroShare · 2022
Johnson, J. M.
Water systems
Anthropogenic Stressors Compound Climate Impacts on Inland Lake Dynamics: The Case of Hamun Lakes
Science of The Total Environment · 2022
Modaresi Rad, A., Kreitler, J., Abatzoglou, J. T., Fallon, K., Roche, K. R., & Sadegh, M.
2021
Remote sensing
Augmented Normalized Difference Water Index for Improved Surface Water Monitoring
Environmental Modelling & Software · 2021
Modaresi Rad, A., Kreitler, J., & Sadegh, M.
Open-source tooling
elevatr: Access Elevation Data from Various APIs
R package · 2021
Hollister, J. W., Shah, T., Robitaille, A., Beck, M., & Johnson, J. M.
Geospatial methods
An Area Preserving Method for Improved Categorical Raster Resampling
Cartography and Geographic Information Science · 2021
Johnson, J. M., & Clarke, K. C.
2020
Standards & interoperability
Mainstems: A Logical Data Model Implementing Mainstem and Drainage Basin Feature Types Based on WaterML2 Part 3: HY_Features Concepts
Environmental Modelling & Software · 2020
Blodgett, D., Johnson, J. M., Sondheim, M., Wieczorek, M., & Frazier, N.
Process hydrology
A Universal Model of Unsaturated Hydraulic Conductivity with Complementary Adsorptive and Diffusive Process Components
Water Resources Research · 2020
Modaresi Rad, A., Ghahraman, B., Mosaedi, A., & Sadegh, M.
Socio-hydrology
Simulating Small-Scale Agricultural Adaptation Decisions in Response to Drought Risk: An Empirical Agent-Based Model for Semi-Arid Kenya
Frontiers in Water · 2020
Wens, M., Veldkamp, T. I. E., Mwangi, M., Johnson, J. M., Lasage, R., & Haer, T.
2019
Flood intelligence
An Integrated Evaluation of the National Water Model (NWM) Height Above Nearest Drainage (HAND) Flood Mapping Methodology
Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences · 2019
Johnson, J. M., Munasinghe, D., Eyelade, D., & Cohen, S.
Drought & risk
Integrating Human Behavior Dynamics into Drought Risk Assessment—A Sociohydrologic, Agent-Based Approach
Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Water · 2019
Johnson, J. M., Wens, M., Zagaria, C., & Veldkamp, T. I. E.
Open-source tooling
nhdplusTools: Tools for Accessing and Working with the NHDPlus
US Geological Survey Software · 2019
Blodgett, D. L., & Johnson, J. M.
Open-source tooling
climateR: An R Package for Finding, Subsetting, and Retrieving Geospatial Data by AOI
Zenodo · 2019
Johnson, J. M., & Clarke, K. C.
Flood risk
Projecting Changes in Expected Annual Damages from Riverine Flooding in the United States
Earth's Future · 2019
Wobus, C., Zheng, P., Stein, J., Lay, C., Mahoney, H., Lorie, M., Mills, D., Spies, R. R., et al.
2018
Open-source tooling
dataRetrieval: R Packages for Discovering and Retrieving Water Data Available from US Federal Hydrologic Web Services
US Geological Survey · 2018
De Cicco, L. A., Lorenz, D., Hirsch, R. M., Watkins, W., & Johnson, J. M.
Applied hazard alerting
Challenges and Opportunities for Creating Intelligent Hazard Alerts: The FloodHippo Prototype
JAWRA Journal of the American Water Resources Association · 2018
Johnson, J. M., Coll, J. M., Ruess, P. J., & Hastings, J. T.
Remote sensing
Comprehensive Accuracy Assessment of MODIS Daily Snow Cover Products and Gap Filling Methods
ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing · 2018
Coll, J., & Li, X.
Process hydrology
Infiltration on Sloping Terrain and Its Role on Runoff Generation and Slope Stability
Journal of Hydrology · 2018
Loàiciga, H. A., & Johnson, J. M.
2017
Drought & water planning
Integrated Meteorological and Hydrological Drought Model: A Management Tool for Proactive Water Resources Planning of Semi-Arid Regions
Advances in Water Resources · 2017
Modaresi Rad, A., Ghahraman, B., Khalili, D., Ghahremani, Z., & Ardakani, S. A.
Process hydrology
Coupled Infiltration and Kinematic-Wave Runoff Simulation in Slopes: Implications for Slope Stability
Water · 2017
Johnson, J. M., & Loàiciga, H.
2008
River restoration
Prioritizing River Restoration: Projecting Cumulative Benefits of Multiple Projects
Environmental Management · 2008
Kondolf, G. M., Angermeier, P., Cummins, K., Dunne, T., Healey, M., Kimmerer, W., et al. (incl. Spies, R. R.)
This list highlights peer-reviewed journal publications and official open-source software releases with direct bearing on Lynker Spatial's platform. Conference abstracts and preprints are available on the team's Google Scholar profiles linked above.
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