Member Since 2009
Mckenzie Skiles
Associate Professor, University of Utah
Dr. McKenzie Skiles is an associate professor, and director of the Snow Hydrology Research to Operations (Snow HydRO) Laboratory, at the University of Utah. She received her PhD from UCLA and completed postdoctoral research at NASA JPL/Caltech. She focuses her snow hydrology research on seasonal mountain snow, specifically on snowmelt timing and magnitude, including impacts of snow darkening. Her expertise includes remote sensing, numerical modeling, and field observations.
Professional Experience
University of Utah
Associate Professor
2017 - Present
Education
University of California Los Angeles
Doctorate
2014
University of Utah
Masters
Current Roles
Member
Cryosphere Nye and Early Career Award Committee
Honors & Awards
Publications
Exploring Mission Design for Imaging Spectroscopy Retrievals for Land and Aquatic Ecosystems
The retrieval algorithms used for optical remote sensing satellite data to estimate Earth's geophysical properties have specific requirements for s...
April 05, 2023
Evaluation and Optimization of Snow Albedo Scheme in Noah‐MP...
September 29, 2022
An Examination of Snow Albedo Estimates From MODIS and Their...
September 11, 2019
Toward Understanding Direct Absorption and Grain Size Feedba...
August 29, 2019
Assessing the Ability of Structure From Motion to Map High-R...
August 06, 2019
AGU Abstracts
Understanding Impacts of Dust-on-Snow on Regional Hydrology Dynamics in the Upper Colorado River Basin for the Past 20 Years
APPLICATIONS IN SNOW HYDROLOGY: LINKING SNOWPACK AND STREAMFLOW ACROSS SCALES I POSTER
hydrology | 15 december 2023
Jiaxuan Cai, Patrick Naple, McKenzie Skiles, Saroj...
Mountain snowpacks are a vital resource in arid and semi-arid regions, and the Upper Colorado River Basin (UCRB), where seasonal mountain snowmelt con...
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Snow Grain Size Retrieval Algorithm Effectiveness using UAV-borne High-Resolution Hyperspectral Observations
REMOTE SENSING OF THE CRYOSPHERE: SEASONAL SNOW II POSTER
cryosphere | 15 december 2023
Adam Hunsaker, Jennifer M. Jacobs, Jeremy M. Johns...
Snow grain size significantly influences the amount of solar energy reflected by a snowpack. Grain size can vary considerably in space and its metamor...
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A two decade record of dust on snow in the Great Salt Lake Basin: Interannual variability in radiative forcing and snowmelt timing
AIR POLLUTION, MICROALGAE, AND THEIR IMPACTS ON THE CRYOSPHERE II POSTER
cryosphere | 15 december 2023
Otto I. Lang, McKenzie Skiles, Karl Rittger, Derek...
The primary watersheds of the Great Salt Lake Basin (GSLB) internally drain over 35,000 km2 of mountainous terrain to the terminal Great Salt Lake. Th...
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Volunteer History
2024 - 2026
Member
Cryosphere Nye and Early Career Award Committee
2021 - 2022
Member
Fall Meeting Program Committee
2019 - 2019
Member
Cryosphere Fall Meeting Program Committee
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