diff --git a/src/main/java/gov/usgs/earthquake/nshmp/netcdf/NshmGroup.java b/src/main/java/gov/usgs/earthquake/nshmp/netcdf/NshmGroup.java
index 0f6d079d6dc08fff83336b232b2ddc3ca3e13d31..e3adbaab9289e20290f5126e37341ddac750bf84 100644
--- a/src/main/java/gov/usgs/earthquake/nshmp/netcdf/NshmGroup.java
+++ b/src/main/java/gov/usgs/earthquake/nshmp/netcdf/NshmGroup.java
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 package gov.usgs.earthquake.nshmp.netcdf;
 
+import com.google.common.base.CaseFormat;
+
 public enum NshmGroup {
 
   CONUS_2018(
@@ -22,6 +24,10 @@ public enum NshmGroup {
     return display;
   }
 
+  public String model() {
+    return CaseFormat.UPPER_UNDERSCORE.to(CaseFormat.LOWER_HYPHEN, name());
+  }
+
   /**
    * Returns the NetCDF target base group to read.
    */