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{{Infobox software
 | name = GMS
 | logo = GMS icon.png
 | logo size =
 | screenshot = <!-- GMS screenshot.png -->
 | screenshot size = 250px
 | caption = GMS 6.0 screenshot
 | latest_release_version = 10.7
 | latest_release_date = {{Start date and age|2022|11|df=no}}
 | latest preview version = 
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 | developer = [[Company:Aquaveo|Aquaveo]]
 | operating_system = [[Software:Microsoft Windows|Microsoft Windows]]
 | genre = [[Earth:Hydrogeology|Hydrogeology]] software
 | license = [[Proprietary software|Proprietary]]
 | website = {{URL|http://aquaveo.com/software/gms-groundwater-modeling-system-introduction|Official website}}
}}

'''GMS''' ('''Groundwater Modeling System''') is water modeling application for building and simulating [[Earth:Groundwater|groundwater]] models from [[Company:Aquaveo|Aquaveo]]. It features 2D and 3D [[Earth:Geostatistics|geostatistics]], [[Earth:Stratigraphy|stratigraphic]] modeling and a unique conceptual model approach. Currently supported models include [[Software:MODFLOW|MODFLOW]], MODPATH, MT3DMS, RT3D, FEMWATER, [[Software:SEEP2D|SEEP2D]], and [[Software:UTEXAS|UTEXAS]].

Version 6 introduced the use of [[XMDF]] (eXtensible Model Data Format), which is a compatible extension of HDF5. The purpose of this is to allow internal storage and management of data in a single HDF file, rather than using many flat files.

==History==
GMS was initially developed in the late 1980s and early 1990s on [[Software:Unix|Unix]] workstations by the Engineering Computer Graphics Laboratory<ref name="owen 1996">{{cite journal |last=Owen |first=Steven J. |author2=Jones, Norman L. |author3=Holland, Jeffery P. |date= September 1996 |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/225852532|title=A comprehensive modeling environment for the simulation of groundwater flow and transport |journal=Engineering with Computers |volume=12 |pages=235–242 |doi=10.1007/BF01198737 |issue=3–4 |s2cid=38170273 |archivedate=March 6, 2018|url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180306083103/https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Norman_Jones4/publication/225852532_A_comprehensive_modeling_environment_for_the_simulation_of_groundwater_flow_and_transport/links/0deec5374ed16aa6d9000000.pdf}}</ref><ref name="ecgl 19990421">{{cite web|url=http://emrl.byu.edu/|title=Environmental Modeling Research Laboratory|publisher=Engineering Computer Graphics Laboratory at [[Organization:Brigham Young University|Brigham Young University]]|accessdate=March 5, 2018|archivedate=April 21, 1999|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/19990421051442/http://emrl.byu.edu/}}</ref> at [[Organization:Brigham Young University|Brigham Young University]]. The development of GMS was funded primarily by The United States Army Corps of Engineers and was known—until version 4.0, released in late 1999<ref name="ssg gms4">{{cite web|url=http://www.scisoftware.com/products/gms_details/gms_details.html|title=GMS 4.0|publisher=Scientific Software Group|accessdate=March 5, 2018|archivedate=February 25, 2018|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180225083324/http://www.scisoftware.com/products/gms_details/gms_details.html}}</ref>—as the ''Department of Defense Groundwater Modeling System'', or ''DoD GMS''. It was [[Porting|ported]] to Microsoft Windows in the mid 1990s. Version 3.1 was the last version that supported [[Software:HP-UX|HP-UX]], [[Software:IRIX|IRIX]], OSF/1, and [[Software:Solaris (operating system)|Solaris]] platforms.<ref name="gms system requirements 3.1">{{cite web|url=http://ems-i.com:80/gms/sysrequir.html|title=System Requirements - GMS 3.1|publisher=EMSI|accessdate=March 5, 2018|archivedate=December 8, 2000|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20001208033700/http://ems-i.com/gms/sysrequir.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="gms system requirements 4.0">{{cite web|url=http://www.ems-i.com:80/GMS/gms.html|title=GMS 4.0|publisher=EMSI|accessdate=March 5, 2018|archivedate=October 11, 2003|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20031011202209/http://www.ems-i.com/GMS/gms.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Development of GMS—along with WMS and [[Software:SMS (hydrology software)|SMS]]—was transferred to [[Company:Aquaveo|Aquaveo]] when it formed in April 2007.<ref name="emrl">{{cite web|url=http://emrl.byu.edu/ |title=The Environmental Modeling Research Laboratory |publisher=[[Organization:Brigham Young University|Brigham Young University]] |date=3 May 2012 |accessdate=9 September 2013 |archivedate=10 March 2016 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160310111944/http://emrl.byu.edu/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

A study published in the ''Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics'' in August 2000 stated that "GMS provides an interface to the groundwater flow model, MODFLOW, and the contaminant transport model, MT3D. MODFLOW is a three-dimensional, cell-centered, finite-difference, saturated-flow model capable of both steady-state and transient analyses...These two models, when put together, provide a comprehensive tool for examining groundwater flow and nitrate transport and accumulation".<ref name="morgan coggins eidman 2000">{{Cite journal |last1=Morgan |first1=Cynthia L. |last2=Coggins |first2=Jay S. | last3=Eidman |first3=Vernon R. |title=Tradable Permits for Controlling Nitrates in Groundwater at the Farm Level: A Conceptual Model |journal=Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics |volume=32 |issue=2 |pages=249–258 |date=August 2000|doi=10.1017/S1074070800020332 |s2cid=51467977 |url=http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/15488/files/32020249.pdf }}</ref> The study was designed to help develop a "permit scheme to effectively manage nitrate pollution of groundwater supplies for communities in rural areas without hindering agricultural production in watersheds".<ref name="morgan coggins eidman 2000"/> 

==Version history==
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! Version
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| {{dts|1994|12|}}
| Department of Defense Groundwater Modeling System
| {{Version |o |1.0}}
| Supported meshes, grids, geostats, [[Software:MODFLOW|MODFLOW]] (MODFLOW 88), and FEMWATER
|<ref name="gms version history">{{cite web|url=https://www.xmswiki.com/wiki/GMS:Version_History|title=GMS:Version History|publisher=[[Company:Aquaveo|Aquaveo]]|date=August 8, 2017|accessdate=March 5, 2018|archivedate=March 6, 2018|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180306083131/https://www.xmswiki.com/wiki/GMS:Version_History}}</ref>
|-
| {{dts|1995|03|}}
| Department of Defense Groundwater Modeling System
| {{Version |o |1.1}}
| Support added for [[Software:MT3D|MT3D]]
|<ref name="gms version history"/>
|-
| {{dts|1995|08|}}
| Department of Defense Groundwater Modeling System
| {{Version |o |1.2}}
| 
|<ref name="gms version history"/>
|-
| {{dts|1996|06|}}
| Department of Defense Groundwater Modeling System
| {{Version |o |2.0}}
| Map module added, support added for [[Scientific modelling|conceptual modeling]], MODPATH, and updates for FEMWATER
|<ref name="gms version history"/>
|-
| {{dts|1998|03|}}
| Department of Defense Groundwater Modeling System
| {{Version |o |2.1}}
| Support added for [[Software:SEEP2D|SEEP2D]] and RT3D
|<ref name="gms version history"/>
|-
| {{dts|1999|09|}}
| Department of Defense Groundwater Modeling System
| {{Version |o |3.0}}
| Support added for SEAM3D
|<ref name="gms version history"/>
|-
| {{dts|2000|09|}}
| Department of Defense Groundwater Modeling System
| {{Version |o |3.1}}
| Standard Windows icons added to the [[Graphical user interface|GUI]], support added for [[Estimation theory|parameter estimation]] (PEST & [[Ucode system|UCODE]]), UTCHEM, [[Software:MODFLOW#MODFLOW-96|MODFLOW-96]], [[Orthogonality#Mathematics and physics|orthogonal view]]
|<ref name="gms version history"/>
|-
| {{dts|2002|10|}}
| GMS
| {{Version |o |4.0}}
| Project Explorer added to GUI, cross section editor added, support added for [[Stochastic process|stochastic modeling]], [[Earth:Horizon (geology)|horizons]], [[Software:MODFLOW#MODFLOW-2000|MODFLOW-000]], and T-PROGS
|<ref name="gms version history"/>
|-
| {{dts|2004|01|}}
| GMS
| {{Version |o |5.0}}
| Support added for MODAEM 
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|-
| 
| GMS
| {{Version |o |5.1}}
| Support added for [[Geographic information system|GIS]], conceptual model objects, and coverage attribute tables
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|-
| {{dts|2005|07|}}
| GMS
| {{Version |o |6.0}}
| Support for [[Software:OpenGL|OpenGL]] rendering, MODFLOW stored in files rather than in memory
|<ref name="gms version history"/>
|-
| {{dts|2007|12|}}
| GMS
| {{Version |o |6.5}}
| First version released by [[Company:Aquaveo|Aquaveo]]. Support added for [[Software:UTEXAS|UTEXAS]] and [[Hierarchical Data Format|HDF5]]
|<ref name="gms version history"/>
|-
| {{dts|2009|08|}}
| GMS
| {{Version |o |7.0}}
| Compatible with [[Software:Windows Vista|Windows Vista]]. Support export in Arc Hydro Groundwater (AHGW) format, updated MODFLOW support, added support for MODPATH 5, removed ART3D interface
|<ref name="gms version history"/>
|-
| {{dts|2010|02|}}
| GMS
| {{Version |o |7.1}}
| Updated MODFLOW package and UTEXAS feature support, added Parallel PEST (including SVD and SVD-Assist with PEST), changed GMS logo 
|<ref name="gms version history"/>
|-
| {{dts|2011|03|}}
| GMS
| {{Version |o |8.0}}
| Added support for [[Software:MODFLOW#MODFLOW-2005|MODFLOW-2005]] and SEAWAT, updated MODFLOW-2000, MT3DMS, and T-PROGS support, improved OpenGL speed and general GUI 
|<ref name="gms version history"/>
|-
| {{dts|2011|09|}}
| GMS
| {{Version |o |8.1}}
| [[64-bit computing|64-bit]] version of GMS released, improved speed of MODFLOW saving and importing, updated FEMWATER, annotations, and [[Software:Global Mapper|Global Mapper]]
|<ref name="gms version history"/>
|-
| {{dts|2012|02|}}
| GMS
| {{Version |o |8.2}}
| Added support for ZONEBUDGET and MODFLOW NWT and DE4, major update to most models and libraries
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|-
| {{dts|2012|07|}}
| GMS
| {{Version |o |8.3}}
| Added feature allowing users to report bugs within GMS. 
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|-
| {{dts|2012|11|}}
| GMS
| {{Version |o |9.0}}
| Current GMS logo released. 
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| {{dts|2013|05|}}
| GMS
| {{Version |o |9.1}}
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| {{dts|2013|11|}}
| GMS
| {{Version |o |9.2}}
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| {{dts|2014|07|}}
| GMS
| {{Version |o |10.0}}
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| {{dts|2016|02}}
| GMS
| {{Version |o |10.1}}
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| {{dts|2016|10|}}
| GMS
| {{Version |o |10.2}}
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| {{dts|2017|08|}}
| GMS
| {{Version |o |10.3}}
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| {{dts|2018|11|}}
| GMS
| {{Version |o |10.4}}
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| {{dts|2021|11|}}
| GMS
| {{Version |o |10.5}}
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| {{dts|2022|01|}}
| GMS
| {{Version |co |10.6}}
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| {{dts|2022|11|}}
| GMS
| {{Version |c |10.7}}
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==Reception==
A 2001 report prepared for the Iowa Comprehensive Petroleum Underground Storage Tank Fund Board stated that GMS was "a very user-friendly software package with strong technical support."<ref name="tier 3 final">{{cite web|url=http://www.iowadnr.gov/portals/idnr/uploads/ust/tier3final.pdf|page=12|title=Evaluation of Computer Software Packages for RBCA Tier-3 Analysis|first1=You-Kuan|last1=Zhang|first2=Byong-min|last2=Seo|first3=Nanh|last3=Lovanh|first4=Pedro J. J.|last4=Alvarez|first5=Richard|last5=Heathcote|publisher=AON Risk Services, Inc. and the Iowa Department of Natural Resources|date=July 2001|accessdate=March 6, 2018|archivedate=December 21, 2016|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20161221054601/http://www.iowadnr.gov/portals/idnr/uploads/ust/tier3final.pdf}}</ref> Raymond H. Johnson, a hydrogeologist with the US Geological Survey, called GMS 6.0 "a useful all around groundwater modeling package that offers the advantages of modular purchases, multiple model support, linkages to ArcGIS, conceptual model development, and integrated inversion routines."<ref name="johnson gms 6 review">{{cite web|url=http://igwmc.mines.edu/software/igwmcsoft/GMS_Review.html|title=Groundwater Modeling System (GMS) 6.0|publisher=Integrated GroundWater Modeling Center at the [[Organization:Colorado School of Mines|Colorado School of Mines]]|date=January 2007|first=Raymond H.|last=Johnson|accessdate=March 6, 2018|archivedate=February 28, 2018|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180228022903/http://igwmc.mines.edu/software/igwmcsoft/GMS_Review.html}}</ref> A 2006 report from the [[Organization:Southwest Research Institute|Center for Nuclear Waste Regulatory Analyses]] in San Antonio, Texas called GMS "the most sophisticated groundwater modeling software available".<ref name="cnwra gms 6 review">{{cite web|url=https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML0624/ML062430506.pdf|title=Software Validation Test Plan and Report for Scientific and Engineering Software—Groundwater Modeling System (GMS) Version 6.0|first1=Anna|last1=Buseman-Williams|first2=Alexander Y.|last2=Sun|date=July 2006|accessdate=March 6, 2018|publisher=[[Organization:Southwest Research Institute|Center for Nuclear Waste Regulatory Analyses]]|location=San Antonio, Texas}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.xmswiki.com/index.php?title=GMS:GMS GMS Wiki]

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