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MCKENZIE SKILES

Associate Professor

School of Environment, Society & Sustainability

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  • Associate Professor
    School of Environment, Society & Sustainability

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Snow Hydrology, Snow Energy Balance: Observation and Modeling, Multi-Scale Remote Sensing, Snow Physical and Optical Properties, Dust & other Light Absorbing Particles in Snow and Ice, Cryosphere-Climate Interaction

GRANTS

  • EXTERNAL GRANT OR CONTRACT
    Storm Processes and Cloud Seeding Impacts on Precipitation, Snowpack, and Runoff in the lower Ogden and Weber Basins of Utah (Snowscape)
    Utah Division of Natural Resources1 Apr 2025 - 30 Jun 2028
    Utah Division of Natural Resources
  • EXTERNAL GRANT OR CONTRACT
    The role of snow albedo in changing snowmelt dynamics: developing a predictive understanding of influence using remote sensing and process-based modeling
    NASA Terrestrial Hydrology1 Oct 2024 - 30 Sep 2027
    People funded by this grant:
    • Hu M
    NASA Terrestrial Hydrology
  • EXTERNAL GRANT OR CONTRACT
    CONVOLUTIONAL NEURAL NETWORKS FOR PRECIPITATION PHASE DETERMINATION TO ENHANCE WESTERN US SNOWPACK EVOLUTION WITHIN THE NEXTGEN FRAMEWORK
    1 Jul 2024 - 31 Mar 2027
  • EXTERNAL GRANT OR CONTRACT
    ADVANCING DISTRIBUTED PROCESS BASED SNOW MODELING CAPABILITY FOR USE IN CBRFC WATER SUPPLY FORECASTING
    9 Jan 2024 - 31 Dec 2026
  • EXTERNAL GRANT OR CONTRACT
    CIROH: ADVANCING CONUS-SCALE OPERATIONAL SNOW MODELING CAPABILITIES
    UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA1 Jun 2023 - 31 May 2026
    UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA
  • EXTERNAL GRANT OR CONTRACT
    CIROH: ADVANCING SNOW OBSERVATION SYSTEMS TO IMPROVE OPERATIONAL STREAMFLOW PREDICTION CAPABILITIES
    1 Jun 2023 - 31 Mar 2027
  • EXTERNAL GRANT OR CONTRACT
    UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE DEMONSTRATION FOR COLD REGIONS MOBILITY
    5 May 2023 - 4 May 2027
  • EXTERNAL GRANT OR CONTRACT
    IMPROVE REPRESENTATION OF SNOW ACCUMULATION AND MELTING PROCESSES IN THE NEXTGEN NWM IN SUPPORT OF SEASONAL TO SUB-SEASONAL WATER SUPPLY FORECASTS
    UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA1 Aug 2022 - 31 Jul 2024
    UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA
  • EXTERNAL GRANT OR CONTRACT
    IMPROVE REPRESENTATION OF SNOW ACCUMULATION AND MELTING PROCESSES IN THE NEXTGEN NWM IN SUPPORT OF SEASONAL TO SUB-SEASONAL WATER SUPPLY FORECASTS
    1 Aug 2022 - 31 Jul 2026
  • EXTERNAL GRANT OR CONTRACT
    ADVANCING DOMESTIC AND INTERNATIONAL WATER MANAGEMENT CAPABILITIES WITH A GLOBAL DAILY SNOW COVER AND ALBEDO PRODUCT
    UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO AT BOULDER1 Jul 2022 - 30 Jun 2026
    UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO AT BOULDER
  • EXTERNAL GRANT OR CONTRACT
    BRIDGING MODIS TO SBG: IMPROVING THE HISTORICAL REMOTELY SENSED SNOW ALBEDO RECORD AND PREPARING FOR SATELLITE IMAGING SPECTROSCOPY VIA MULTI-SENSOR FUSION
    NASA SCIENCE MISSION DIRECTORATE17 Feb 2022 - 16 Feb 2026
    NASA SCIENCE MISSION DIRECTORATE
  • EXTERNAL GRANT OR CONTRACT
    COLD REGION SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY: COLD CLIMATE SENSING
    UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE25 Jan 2021 - 24 Jan 2026
    UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
  • EXTERNAL GRANT OR CONTRACT
    COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: NETWORK CLUSTER: DUST IN THE CRITICAL ZONE FROM THE GREAT BASIN TO THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS
    1 Sep 2020 - 31 Aug 2026
  • EXTERNAL GRANT OR CONTRACT
    THE ROLE OF DUST IN THE LIFE CYCLE OF SNOW: COUPLING REMOTE SENSING WITH MODELS TO LINK LAND-USE, CLIMATE, AND WATER RESOURCES
    NASA SCIENCE MISSION DIRECTORATE21 Aug 2020 - 20 Aug 2024
    NASA SCIENCE MISSION DIRECTORATE
  • EXTERNAL GRANT OR CONTRACT
    CNH2-L: THE COUPLED, CO-EVOLVING ROLES OF DROUGHT METEOROLOGY AND ELECTRICITY SYSTEMS IN HUMANS' EXPOSURE TO AIR POLLUTION
    UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL1 Aug 2020 - 31 Jan 2026
    UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL
  • EXTERNAL GRANT OR CONTRACT
    Fusion of MODIS VIIRS and LandSat snow cover data to create high spatial/temporal resolution estimates of snow water equivalent in a well-instrumented and austere basin (COVID-19 supplement)
    NASA Subaward through UC Santa Barbara6 Jan 2020 - 31 Dec 2021
    NASA Subaward through UC Santa Barbara
  • EXTERNAL GRANT OR CONTRACT
    PATHFINDER STUDY
    NASA JET PROPULSION LABORATORY1 Jan 2020 - 31 Dec 2021
    NASA JET PROPULSION LABORATORY
  • EXTERNAL GRANT OR CONTRACT
    RUNOFF FORECASTING
    NATIONAL AERONAUTICS & SPACE A1 Jan 2019 - 31 Dec 2022
    NATIONAL AERONAUTICS & SPACE A
  • EXTERNAL GRANT OR CONTRACT
    10051766-NASA AUGMENTATION
    NASA11 Jan 2018 - 11 Jan 2019
    NASA
  • EXTERNAL GRANT OR CONTRACT
    EAST RIVER SPECIAL FOCUS AREA
    DOE OFFICE OF SCIENCE1 Jan 2018 - 31 Dec 2021
    DOE OFFICE OF SCIENCE
  • EXTERNAL GRANT OR CONTRACT
    HIMALAYAN SNOW WATER RESOURCES
    NASA JET PROPULSION LABORATORY7 Jan 2017 - 31 Dec 2019
    NASA JET PROPULSION LABORATORY