Mike Hayes

Mike Hayes

  • Contact Information
  • My Story
  • Publications
  • Background
  • Interests
  • Grants
  • Advising
  • Courses Taught

Contact Information

TitleClimatologist
Faculty RankProfessor
Address811 South Hardin Hall
3310 Holdrege Street
Lincoln NE
68583–0988
Phone
  • office: 402-472-4271
  • fax: 402-472-4915
E-mailmhayes2@unl.edu
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My Story

Hi, I'm Michael Hayes. I am an Applied Climatologist and a professor in the School of Natural Resources. I arrived at University of Nebraska-Lincoln in 1995 when I began work as climate impacts specialist for the National Drought Mitigation Center. Between 2007 and October 2016, I was the director of the NDMC. At the moment, I teach one class called Climate and Society. The objective of this class is for students to understand the effects of climate variability and extreme climate events on human activities and how human activities impact climate and natural resources management. I am getting more involved with the Applied Climate Science undergraduate degree program.

Michael Hayes in Castries, Saint Lucia before a drought management policy workshop for government officials held in January 2016.
Michael Hayes in Castries, Saint Lucia before a drought management policy workshop for government officials held in January 2016.
Mark Svoboda and Michael Hayes following the graduation ceremony for Dr. Svoboda's Ph.D. degree in August 2016.
Michael Hayes, along with Dr. Brian Wardlow (SNR), Dr. Derek Heeren (Biological Systems Engineering), and Keith Miller (BSE graduate student), following a visit to the Reinke Irrigation Manufacturing Company located in Deshler, NE, in January 2014.

Selected Publications

Sundstrom, S., Angeler, D., Bell, J., Hayes, M., Hodbod, J., Jalalzadeh-Fard, B., Mahmood, R., VanWormer, E., and Allen, C. 2023. Panarchy Theory for Convergence. Sustainability Science https://doi.org/10.1007/s11625-023-01299-z 95.Online
Hayes, M. J. (2022). Great Plains Tribal Water Alliance Climate and Adaptation Partnership in Indian Country: Water and Flood Resources Workshop (pp. 6).
Zhang, L., Hu, Q., Hayes, M. J., Burbach, M., Messer, T., Zhou, Y., Tang, Z. (2022). Evaluating Nebraska’s local comprehensive plans to achieve the national wetland conservation efforts of in the USA. Ecosystem Health and Sustainability, 8(1), 2070550Online
Cravens, A. E., Henderson, J., Friedman, J., Burkardt, N., Cooper, A. E., Haigh, T., Hayes, M. J., McEvoy, J., Paladino, S., Wilke, A. K., Et al. (2021). A typology of drought decision making: Synthesizing across cases to understand drought preparedness and response actions. Weather and Climate Extremes, 33, 100362Online
Fard, B. J., Mahmood, R., Hayes, M. J., Rowe, C., Abadi, A., Shulski, M., Medcalf, S., Lookadoo, R., Bell, J. (2021). Mapping Heat Vulnerability Index Based on Different Urbanization Levels in Nebraska, USA. Earth and Space Science Open Archive ESSOAr; DOI:10.1002/essoar.10507450.1Online
Flanagan, P., Mahmood, R., Sohl, T., Svoboda, M., Wardlow, B., Hayes, M. J., Rappin, E. (2021). Simulated Atmospheric Response to Four Projected Land-Use Land-Cover Change Scenarios for 2050 in the North-Central United States. Earth Interactions, 25(1), 177-194.Online
Haigh, T., Hayes M., Smyth, J., Prokopy, L., Francis, C., Burbach, M. (2021) Ranchers’ use of drought contingency plans in protective action decision-making. Rangeland Ecology and Management, 74, 50-62.Online
McDermid, S., Mahmood, R., Hayes, M. J., Bell, J., Lieberman, Z. (2021). Minimizing trade-offs for sustainable irrigation. Nature Geoscience. 14:706-709Online
Podebradska, M., Wylie, B. K., Bathke, D., Bayissa, Y. A., Dahal, D., Derner, J. D., Fay, P. A., Hayes, M. J., Schacht, W., Volesky, J., Wagle, P., Wardlow, B. (2021). Monitoring climate impacts on annual forage production across U.S. semi-arid grasslands. Remote Sensing, 14(1). https://doi.org/10.3390/rs14010004 Online
Yadav, K., Geli, H.M., Cibils, A.F., Hayes, M., Fernald, A., Peach, J., Sawalhah, M.N., Tidwell, V.C., Johnson, L.E., Zaied, A.J., Gedefaw, M.G. 2021. An Integrated Food, Energy, and Water Nexus, Human Well-Being, and Resilience (FEW-WISE) Framework: New Mexico. Frontiers in Environmental Science. (9) Article 667018.Online
Zhang, B., Schilder, F., Smith, K., Harms, S., Tadesse, T., Hayes, M. J. (2021). TweetDrought: A Deep-Learning Drought Impacts Recognizer based on Twitter Data. International Conference on Machine Learning (ICML) 2021.Online
Fragaszy, S.R., Jedd, T., Wall, N., Knutson, C., Fraj, M.B., Bergaoui, K., Svoboda, M.D., Hayes, M.J., McDonnell, R. 2020. Drought Monitoring in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) Region: Participatory Engagement to Inform Early Warning Systems. Bulletin of the Meteorological Society: 1-58. Online
Holley, E. R., Walters, C. G., Friesen, G. C., Hayes, M. J., Rudolph, M. J., Wilhite, D., Liska, A. J. (2020). Climate change and market-based insurance feedbacks (pp. 10-19). Society of Actuaries. Online
Jedd, T., Fragaszy, S., Knutson, C., Hayes, M. J., Belhaj Fraj, M., Svoboda, M., McDonnell, R. (2020). Drought management norms: is the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) Region managing risks or crises? Journal of Environment and Development. Online
Johnson, L. E., Geli, H. M. E., Hayes, M. J., & Smith, K. H. (2020). Building an improved drought climatology using updated drought tools: A New Mexico Food-Energy-Water (FEW) systems focus. Front. Clim. 2: 576653. doi: 10.3389/fclim.Online
Noel, M., D. Bathke, B. Fuchs, D. Gutzmer, T. Haigh, M. Hayes, M. Poděbradská, C. Shield, K. Smith, M. Svoboda. (2020) Linking Drought Impacts to Drought Severity at the State Level. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 101:E1312–E1321.Online
Noel, M., Hayes, M., Bathke, D., Haigh, T. 2020. Ready for Drought? A Community Resilience Role-Playing Game. Water. 12, 2490: 1-17. Online
Smith, K., Burbach, M., Hayes, M., Guinan, P. E., Tyre, A., Fuchs, B. (2020). Whose ground truth is it? Harvesting lessons from Missouri’s 2018 bumper crop of drought observations. Weather, Climate, and Society. Volume 13: 227-244. doi: 10.1175/WCAS-D-19-0140.1Online
Smith, K., Tyre, D., Hamik, J., Hayes, M. J., Zhou, Y., Dai, L. (2020). Using climate to explain and predict West Nile Virus risk in Nebraska. GeoHealth 9(4). doi: 10.1029/2020GH000244Online
Smith, K.H., A.J. Tyre, Z. Tang, M.J. Hayes, F.A. Akyuz, (2020) Calibrating human attention as indicator: Monitoring #drought in the Twittersphere. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. doi: 10.1175/BAMS-D-19-0342.1
Trnka, M., Hlavinka, P., Mozny, M., Semeradova, D., Stepanek, P., Balek, J., Bartosova, L., Zahradnicek, P., Blahova, M., Skalak, P., Farda, A., Hayes, M. J., Svoboda, M., Wagner, W., Eitzinger, J., Fischer, M., Zalud, Z. (2020). Czech Drought Monitor System for monitoring and forecasting of agricultural drought and drought impacts. International Journal of Climatology (40), 5941-5958.Online
Bumann, E., Awada T., Wardlow B., Hayes M., Okalebo J., Helzer C., Mazis A., J. Hiller J., and Cherubini, P. 2019. Assessing Responses of Betula papyrifera to Climate Variability in a Remnant Population along the Niobrara River Valley in Nebraska through Online
Fragaszy, S.R., Jedd, T., Knutson, C., Hayes, M. J. 2019. Development of the MENA Regional Drought Management System in Lebanon: Synthesis Report on Drought Impacts and Vulnerability (pp. 5). Dubai.
Fragaszy, S.R., Jedd, T., Knutson, C., Hayes, M.J. 2019. Development of the MENA Regional Drought Management System in Jordan: Synthesis Report on Drought Impacts and Vulnerability (pp. 5). Dubai.
Fragaszy, S.R., Jedd, T., Knutson, C., Hayes, M.J. 2019. Development of the MENA Regional Drought Management System in Morocco: Synthesis Report on Drought Impacts and Vulnerability (pp. 5). Dubai.
Fragaszy, S.R., Jedd, T., Knutson, C., Hayes, M.J. 2019. Development of the MENA Regional Drought Management System in Tunisia: Synthesis Report on Drought Management and Policy. (pp. 5). Dubai.
Fragaszy, S.R., Knutson, C., Jedd, T., Hayes, M.J. 2019. Development of the MENA Regional Drought Management System in Tunisia: Synthesis Report on Drought Impacts and Vulnerability (pp. 5). Dubai.
Haigh, T. R., Otkin, J. A., Mucia, A., Hayes, M. J., Burbach, M. E. (2019). Drought early warning and the timing of range managers’ drought response. Advances in Meteorology, 2019, Article 9461513Online
Haigh, T. R., Schacht, W., Knutson, C., Smart, A. J., Volesky, J., Allen, C., Hayes, M. J., Burbach, M. 2019. Socioecological Determinants of Drought Impacts and Coping Strategies for Ranching Operations in the Great Plains. Rangeland Ecology \& ManagemenOnline
Haigh, T., Otkin, J., Murcia, A., Hayes, M. J., Burbach, M. 2019. Drought early warning and the timing of range managers' drought response. Advances in Meteorology, Special Issue: Climate Risk Assessment, Coping, and Adaptation. 2019.Online
Haigh, T., Schacht, W., Knutson, C., Smart, A., Volesky, J., Allen, C., Hayes, M. J., Burbach, M. 2019. Socio-ecological determinants of drought impacts and coping strategies for ranching operations in the Great Plains. Rangeland Ecology and Management. 7Online
Hayes, M.J., Belflower, T.A., Parris, A. 2019. 2018 External Review of the Carolinas Integrated Sciences and Assessments (CISA) Program.
Hua, L., Sui, H., Wang, H., Wardlow, B., Hayes, M. J., Wang, J. 2019. Mapping the spatial-temporal dynamics of vegetation response lag to drought in semi-arid region. Remote Sensing. 11, 1873: 2-22.Online
Jedd, T., Bhattacharya, D., Pesek, C., Hayes, M. J. 2019. Drought impacts and management in prairie and sandhills state parks. Journal of Outdoor Recreation and Tourism. 26:1-12.Online
Jedd, T., Fragaszy, S.R., Knutson, C., Hayes, M. J. 2019. Development of the MENA Regional Drought Management System in Lebanon: Synthesis Report on Drought Management and Policy (pp. 5). Dubai.
Jedd, T., Fragaszy, S.R., Knutson, C., Hayes, M.J. 2019. Development of the MENA Regional Drought Management System in Morocco: Synthesis Report on Drought Management and Policy (pp. 5). Dubai.
Jedd, T., Fragaszy, S.R., Knutson, C., Hayes, M.J. 2019. Development of the Regional Drought Management System in Jordan: Synthesis Report on Drought Management and Policy. (pp. 5). Dubai.
Petersen, B., Fuchs, B., Hayes, M.J., Brusberg, M.D., Bathke, D. 2019. Using GIS to Show Drought Impacts on North American Agricultural Commodities. Boston, MA: AMS.Online
Poděbradská, M., Wylie, B., Hayes, M. J., Wardlow, B., Bathke, D., Dahal, D., Bliss, N. 2019. Monitoring Drought Impacts on Annual Forage Production in Semi-arid Grasslands: Nebraska Sandhills Case Study. Remote Sensing. 11(18), 2106.Online
Podebradska, M., Wylie, B., Hayes, M.J., Wardlow, B., Bathke, D. 2019. Developing a Tool to Monitor Drought Impacts on Semi-Arid U.S. Grasslands: Nebraska Sandhills Case Study. Littleton, Co: Society for Range Management. Pp. 74.Online
Podebradska, M., Wylie, B., Hayes, M.J., Wardlow, B., Bathke, D. 2019. Developing a Tool to Monitor Drought Impacts on Semi-Arid U.S. Grasslands: Nebraska Sandhills Case Study. Washington, D.C.: ESA.Online
Podebradska, M., Wylie, B., Hayes, M.J., Wardlow, B., Bathke, D. 2019. Drought Impacts on Annual Forage Production in Semi-arid Grasslands. AGU.Online
Podebradska, M., Wylie, B., Hayes, M.J., Wardlow, B.D., Bathke, D.J., Bliss, N.B., Dahal, D. (2019) Monitoring Drought Impact on Annual Forage Production in Semi-Arid Grasslands: A Case Study of Nebraska Sandhills. Remoste Sens. 11(18), 2106Online
Raheem, N., Cravens, A. E., Cross, M. S., Crausbay, S., Ramirez, A., McEvoy, J., Zoanni, D., Bathke, D., Hayes, M. J., Carter, S., Rubenstein, M., Schwend, A., Hall, K., Suberu, P. 2019. Planning for Ecological Drought: Integrating Ecosystem Services and Online
Conant, R., Kluck, D., Anderson, M., Badger, A., Boustead, B. M., Derner, J., Farris, L., Hayes, M. J., Livneh, B., McNeeley, S., Peck, D., Shulski, M., Small, V. (2018). U.S. National Climate Assessment: Northern Great Plains.
Conant, R., Kluck, D., Anderson, M., Badger, A., Boustead, B., Derner, J., Farris, L., Hayes, M. J., Livneh, B., McNeeley, S., Peck, D., Shulski, M., Small, V. (2018). Northern Great Plains. In Reidmiller, D.R., C.W. Avery, D.R. Easterling, K.E. Kunkel, K
McEvoy, J., Bathke, D., Burkardt, N., Cravens, A., Haigh, T., Hall, K., Hayes, M. J., Jedd, T., Podebradska, M., Wickham, E. (2018). Ecological Drought: Accounting for the Non-Human Impacts of Water Shortage in the Upper Missouri Headwaters Basin, MontanOnline
Nam, W.-H., Tadesse, T., Wardlow, B., Hayes, M. J., Svoboda, M., Hong, E., Pachepsky, Y., Jang, M.-W. (2018). Developing the Vegetation Drought Response Index for South Korea (VegDRI-SKorea) to assess the vegetation condition during drought events. InternOnline
Tadesse, T., Wall, N., Hayes, M. J., Svoboda, M., Bathke, D. (2018). Improving National and Regional Drought Early Warning Systems in the Greater Horn of Africa. Improving National and Regional Drought Early Warning Systems in the Greater Horn of Africa.
Trnka, M., Hayes, M. J., Jurecka, F., Bartosova, L., Anderson, M., Brazdil, R., Brown, J., Camarero, J. J., Cudlin, P., Dobrovolny, P., Eitzinger, J., Feng, S., Finnessey, T., Gregoric, G., Havlik, P., Hain, C., Holman, I., Johnson, D., Kersebaum, K. C.,
Trnka, M., Hayes, M. J., Jurecka, F., Bartosova, L., Anderson, M., Brazdil, R., Brown, J., Camarero, J., Cudlin, P., Dobrovolny, P., Eitzinger, J., Feng, S., Finnessey, T., Gregoric, G., Havlik, P., Hain, C., Holman, I., Johnson, D., Kersebaum, K., Ljungq
Crausbay, S., Ramirez, A., Carter, S., Cross, M., Hall, K., Bathke, D., Betancourt, J., Colt, S., Cravens, A., Dalton, M., Dunham, J., Hay, L., Hayes, M. J., McEvoy, J., McNutt, C., Moritz, M., Nislow, K., Raheem, N., Sanford, T. (2017). Defining EcologicOnline
Crausbay, S., Ramirez, A., Carter, S., Cross, M., Hall, K., Bathke, D., Betancourt, J., Colt, S., Cravens, A., Dalton, M., Dunham, J., Hayes, L., Hayes, M. J., McEvoy, J., McNutt, C., Moritz, M., Nislow, K., Raheem, N., Sanford, T. (2017). Defining ecologOnline
Feng, S., Trnka, M., Hayes, M. J., Zhang, Y. 2017. Why do different drought indices show distinct future drought risk outcomes in the U.S. great plains? Journal of Climate. 30:265-278.Online
Hayes, M. J., Svoboda, M., Redmond, K. (2017). Drought Monitoring and Early Warning: 21st Century Advancements and Challenges. In D. Wilhite and R. Pulwarty (Ed.), Drought and Water Crises: Science, Management, and Policy (pp. 141-154). Oxford University
Heim, R., Brewer, M., Pulwarty, R., Wilhite, D., Hayes, M. J., Sivakumar, M. (2017). Drought Early Warning and Information Systems. In Saeid Eslamian, Faezeh Eslamian (Ed.), Handbook of Drought and Water Scarcity: Principles of Drought and Water Scarcity
Jedd, T., Hayes, M. J., Carillo, C. M., Haigh, T., Chizinski, C., Swigart, J. (2017). Measuring park visitation vulnerability to climate extremes in U.S. Rockies National Parks tourism. Tourism Geographies, 1-26.Online
Nam, W.-H., Hong, E.-M., Choi, J.-Y., Kim, T., Hayes, M. J., Svoboda, M. (2017). Assessment of the extreme 2014-2015 drought events in North Korea using weekly Standardized Precipitation Evapotranspiration Index (SPEI). Journal of the Korean Society of AgOnline
Stiles, C., Hayes, M. J. (2017). Recommendations for Collaborative Drought Management in Transboundary River Basins. Water Resources Impact, 19(3), 3.Online
Van Lanen, H. A.J., Vogt, J. V., Andreu, J., Carrao, H., Stefano, L. d., Dutra, E., Feyen, L., Forzieri, G., Hayes, M. J., Iglesias, A., Lavaysse, C., Murray, V., Naumann, G., Pulwarty, R., Spinoni, J., Stahl, K., Stefanski, R., Stilianakis, N., Svoboda, Online
Brown, J., Kluck, D., McNutt, C., Hayes, M. J. 2016. Assessing drought vulnerability using a socioecological framework. Rangelands. 38(4):162-168.Online
Choi, Y.-S., Gim, H.-J., Ho, C.-H., Jeong, S.-J., Park, S. K., Hayes, M. J . 2016. Climatic influence on corn sowing date in the Midwestern United States. International Journal of Climatology. 37: 1595-1602.Online
Finnessey, T., Hayes, M. J., Lukas, J., Svoboda, M. 2016. Using Climate Information for Drought Planning. Climate Research. 70:251-263.Online
Okalebo, J., Oglesby, R. J., Feng, S., Hubbard, K., Kilic, A., Hayes, M. J., Hayes, C. 2016. An Evaluation of the Community Land Model (Version 3.5) and Noah Land Surface Models for Temperature and Precipitation Over Nebraska (Central Great Plains): ImpliOnline
Smith, K.H., C.J. Stiles, M.J. Hayes, and C.J. Carparelli, 2016: Support for Drought Response and Community Preparedness: Filling the Gaps between Plans and Action. In Water Policy and Planning in a Variable and Changing Climate: 123-139.Online
Zeng, L., Wardlow, B., Wang, R., Shan, J., Tadesse, T., Hayes, M. J., Li, D. 2016. A Hybrid Approach for Detecting Corn and Soybean Phenology with Time-Series MODIS Data. Remote Sensing of Environment. 181:237-250.Online
Zeng, L., Wardlow, B., Wang, R., Tadesse, T., Shan, J., Hayes, M. J., Li, D. 2016. A hybrid approach for detecting corn and soybean phenology with time-series MODIS data. Remote Sensing of Environment. 181: 237-250.Online
Buntgen, U., Tegel, W., Carrer, M., Krusic, P., Hayes, M. J., Esper, J. (2015). Commentary to Wetter et al. (2014): Limited tree-ring evidence for a 1540 European ‘Megadrought’. Climatic Change, 131(2), 183-190
Gustafson, D., Hayes, M. J., Janssen, E., Lobell, D., Long, S., Nelson, G., Pakrasi, H., Raven, P., Robertson, G. P., Robertson, R., Wuebbles, D. (2015). Pharaoh’s Dream Revisited: An Integrated U.S. Midwest Field Research Network for Climate Adaptation.
Nam, W.H, M.J. Hayes, M.D. Svoboda, T. Tadesse, and D.A. Wilhite, 2015. Drought hazard assessment in the context of climate change for South Korea, Agricultural Water Management, 160:106-117;Online
Nam, W.-H., Hayes, M. J., Wilhite, D., Svoboda, M. (2015). Projection of Temporal Trends on Drought Characteristics using the Standardized Precipitation Evapotranspiration (SPEI) Index in South Korea. Journal of the Korean Society of Agricultural Engineer
Nam, W.-H., Kim, T., Hong, E.-M., Hayes, M. J., Svoboda, M. (2015). Water Supply Risk Assessment of Agricultural Reservoirs using Irrigation Vulnerability Model and Cluster Analysis. Journal of the Korean Society of Agricultural Engineers, 57(1), 59-67.
Stiles, C., Umphlett, N., Rattling Leaf, Sr., J., Shulski, M., Kluck, D., Hayes, M. J., McNutt, C. 2015. Improving Climate Resiliency in Tribal Communities: Partnering for Change in the Missouri River Basin. Water Resources IMPACT. 17(4):15-17.
Tadesse, T., B.D. Wardlow, J. Brown, M. Hayes, M. Svoboda, B. Fuchs, and D. Gutzmer, 2015. Assessing the vegetation condition impacts of the 2011 drought across the U.S. Southern Great Plains using the Vegetation Drought Response Index (VegDRI), Journal oOnline
Trnka, M., Brazdil, R., Mozny, M., Stepanek, P., Dubrovsky, M., Zahradnicek, P., Balek, B., Dobrovolny, P., Semaradova, D., Hlavinka, P., Eitzinger, J., Wardlow, B., Svoboda, M., Hayes, M. J., Zalud, Z. (2015). Soil moisture trends in the Czech Republic bOnline
Vido, J., Tadesse, T., Sustek, Z., Kandrik, R., Hanzelova, M., Skvarenina, J., Skvareninova, J., Hayes, M. J. (2015). Drought occurrence in central European mountainous region (Tatra National Park, Slovakia) within the period 1961-2010. Advances in Meteor
You, J., Hubbard, K., Shulski, M., Svoboda, M., Hayes, M. J. (2015). Development of a Long-Term (1884-2006) Serially Complete Dataset of U.S. Temperatures and Precipitation for climate services. J. Service Climatology, American Association of State Climat
Zeng, L., B.D. Wardlow, T. Tadesse, J. Shan, M. J. Hayes, D. Li, and D. Xiang, 2015. Estimation of Daily Air Temperature Based on MODIS Land Surface Temperature Products over the Corn Belt in the US, Remote Sensing, 7(1):951-970;Online
Zeng, L., Wardlow, B., Tadesse, T., Shan, J., Hayes, M. J., Li, D., Xiang, D. (2015). Estimating daily maximum and minimum air temperature using both daytime and nighttime MODIS land surface temperature products over the Corn Belt in US. Remote Sensing, 7
Fuchs, B.A., M.D. Svoboda, D.A. Wilhite, and M.J. Hayes. 2014. Drought Indices for Drought Risk Assessment in a Changing Climate (Chapter 43). Handbook of Engineering Hydrology Vol. 2: Modeling Climate Changes and Variability, Saeid Eslamian
Hunt, E., Svoboda, M., Wardlow, B., Hubbard, K., Hayes, M. J., Arkebauer, T. (2014). Monitoring the effects of rapid onset of drought on non-irrigated maize with agronomic data and climate-based drought indices. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology/AMS, 19Online
Pytlik-Zillig, L., Wang, S., Soh, L.-K., Tomkins, A., Samal, A. K., Bernadt, T., Hayes, M. J. (2014). Exploring Reactions to Hacktivism Among STEM College Students: A Preliminary. Social Science Computer Review. 33: 479-497.Online
Trnka, M., Brázdil, R., Balek, J., Semerádová, D., Hlavinka, P., Možný, M., Štěpánek, P., Dobrovolný, P., Zahradníček, P., Dubrovský, M., Eitzinger, J., Fuchs, B., Svoboda, M., Hayes, M., Žalud, Z. (2014). Drivers of soil drying in the Czech Republic betwOnline
Yu, M., Li, Q., Hayes, M. J., Svoboda, M., Heim, R. (2014). Are droughts becoming more frequent or severe in China based on the Standardized Precipitation Evapotranspiration Index: 1951–2010? International Journal of Climatology, 34(3), 545-558.Online
Zhao, L., Lü, A., Hayes, M. J., Tang, Z., He, B., Liu, J., Liu, M. (2014). The impact of meteorological drought on streamflow in the Jinghe River Basin of China. Chinese Geographical Science(6), 694-705.
Buentgen, U., Martinez-Pena, F., Aldea, J., Rigling, A., Fischer, E., Camarero-Martinez, J. J., Hayes, M. J., Fatton, V., Egli, S. (2013). Causes and consequences of a recent decline in continental Iberian forest growth. Global and Planetary Change, 107,
Dubrovsky, M., Hayes, M. J., Duce, P., Trnka, M., Svoboda, M., Zara, P. (2013). Multi-GCM projections of future drought and climate variability indicators for the Mediterranean region. Regional Environmental Change. 14: 1907-1919.
Mehta, V., Knutson, C., Rosenberg, N. J., Olsen, J. R., Hayes, M. J., Wall, N., Bernadt, T. (2013). Decadal Climate Information Needs of Stakeholders for Decision Support in Water and Agriculture Production Sectors: A Case Study of the Missouri Basin. WeaOnline
Swain, S., Wardlow, B., Narumalani, S., Rundquist, D., Hayes, M. J. (2013). Relationships between vegetation indices and root zone soil moisture under maize and soybean canopies in the U.S. Corn Belt: a comparative study using close-range sensing approach
Trnka, M., Kersenbaum, C., Eitzinger, J., Hayes, M. J., Hlavinka, P., Svoboda, M., Dubrovsky, M., Semeradova, D., Wardlow, B., Pokorny, E., Mozny, M., Wilhite, D., Waltman, W., Zalud, Z. (2013). Consequences of climate change for the soil climate in centr
Bathke, D., N. Wall, J. Nothwehr, K. Smith, D. Woudenberg, T. Bernadt, C. Bergman, J. Robine, M. Hayes, M. Svoboda, L. Darby, and R. Pulwarty, 2012: Building a Sustainable Network of Drought Communities. National Integrated Drought Information System EngaOnline
Botterill, L. C., Hayes, M. J. (2012). Drought triggers and declarations: science and policy considerations for drought risk management. Natural Hazards. 64, 139-151.
Fontaine, M., Steinemann, A., Hayes, M. J. (2012). State drought programs and plans: survey of the western U.S. Natural Hazards Review. 15
Wang, J., Hayes, M. J. (2012). Improving communication and collaboration for drought vulnerability analysis in China. Disaster Advances(3), 153-164.
Wilhite, D.A., M.J. Hayes, and M. Svoboda. 2012. Drought. Encyclopedia on Environmetrics. John Wiley and Sons (in press).
Hayes, M., D. Wilhite, M. Svoboda, and M. Trnka. 2011. Investigating the Connections between Climate Change, Drought, and Agricultural Production. Handbook on climate Change and Agriculture. Edward Eigar Publishing Ltd.
Knutson, C.L., T. Haigh, M.J. Hayes, M. Widhalm, J. Nothwehr, M. Kleinschmidt, (2011). Farmer Perceptions of Conservation and Sustainable Agriculture Practices and Drought Risk Reduction in Nebraska,USA, Renewable Agriculture and Food Systems, 26(3): 25Online
Tadesse, T., B.D. Wardlow, M.J. Hayes, M.D. Svoboda, and J.F. Brown, 2010. The Vegetation Condition Outlook (VegOut): A New Method for Predicting Vegetation Seasonal Greenness. GIScience and Remote Sensing, 47(1):25-52.Online
Brown, J. F., B. D. Wardlow, T. Tadesse, M. J. Hayes, and B. C. Reed. 2008. The Vegetation Drought Response Index (VegDRI): A new integrated approach for monitoring drought stress in vegetation. GIScience and Remote Sensing 45 (1):16-46.Online
Dubrovsky, M., M. D. Svoboda, M. Trnka, M. J. Hayes, D. A. Wilhite, Z. Zalud, and P. Hlavinka. (2008). Application of relative drought indices in assessing climate change impacts on drought conditions in Czechia. Theoretical and Applied Climatology. 96. 1Online
Trnka, M., M. Dubrovsky, M. D. Svoboda, D. Semeradova, M. J. Hayes, Z. Zalud, and D. A. Wilhite. 2008. Developing a regional drought climatology for the Czech Republic. International Journal of Climatology. DOI: 10.1002/joc.1745.Online
Wilhelmi, O. V, M. J. Hayes, and D. S. K. Thomas, 2008. Managing drought in mountain resort communities: Colorado's experiences. Disaster Prevention and Management. 15(5):672-680.Online
Woudenberg, D. L., D. A. Wilhite, and M. J. Hayes. 2008. Perception of drought hazard and its sociological impacts in South-Central Nebraska. Great Plains Research, 18(1): 93-102.Online
Knutson, C. L., M. J. Hayes, and M. D. Svoboda. 2007. Case study of tribal drought planning: the Hualapai Tribe. Natural Hazards Review, 8(4): 125-131.Online
Wilhite, D. A., M. D. Svoboda, and M. J. Hayes. 2007. Understanding the complex impacts of drought: a key to enhancing drought mitigation and preparedness. Journal of Water Resources Management, 21(5): 763-774.Online
Wu, H., M. D. Svoboda, M. J. Hayes, D. A. Wilhite, and F. Wen. 2007. Appropriate application of the Standardized Precipitation Index in arid locations and dry seasons. International Journal of Climatology, 27: 65-79.Online
Artolpv, I., S.J. Hoffman, G.D. Lynne, L.M. PytlikZillig, Q. Hu, A.J. Tomkins, K.G. Hubbard, M.J. Hayes, and W.J. Waltman. 2006. Understanding the Influence of Climate Forecasts on Farmer Decisions as Planned Behavior. Journal of Applied Meteorology and COnline
Hu, Q., L.M. PytlikZillig, G.D. Lynne, K.G. Hubbard, W.J. Waltman, M.J. Hayes, A.J. Tomkins, and D.A. Wilhite. 2006. Improving farmers' forecast use from understanding their beliefs, social norms, and perceived obstacles. J. Appl. Meteor. Climatol.
Cooter, E., B. Eder, C. Rosenzweig, B. Lynn, R. Goldberg, C. Knutson, M. Hayes, D. Wilhite, J. DeCarolis, and T. Barnett. 2005. Effects of climate change on weather and water. Environmental Management. Special issue on Climate Change and Air Quality.
Tadesse, T., D. Wilhite, M. Hayes, S. Harms, and S. Goddard. 2005. Discovering associations between climatic and oceanic parameters to monitor drought in Nebraska using data-mining techniques. Journal of Climate, 18(10): 1541-1550.Online
Wilhite, D.A., M.J. Hayes, and C.L. Knutson (2005) Drought Preparedness Planning: Building Institutional Capacity. D.A. Wilhite (ed.), Drought and Water Crises: Science, Technology, and Management Issues. CRC Press: Boca Raton, FL
Wu, H., M. Hayes, D. Wilhite, and M. Svoboda. 2005. The effect of the length of record on the Standardized Precipitation Index calculation. International Journal of Climatology, 25: 505-520.Online
Tadesse, T., Wilhite, D.A., Harms, S.K., Hayes, M.J., and Goddard, S., 2004, Drought Monitoring Using Data Mining Techniques: A Case Study for Nebraska, USA. Natural Hazards. 33: 137-159.Online
Seiler, R.A., Hayes, M., Bressan, L. 2002. Using the Standardized Precipitation Index for Flood Risk Monitoring. International Journal of Climatology. International Journal of Climatology. 22:1365-1376.Online
Svoboda, M., Hayes, M., Wilhite, D. 2002. The Role of Integrated Drought Monitoring in Drought Mitigation Planning. Planning. Annals of Arid Zones. 40(1):1-11.
Svoboda, M., LeComte, D., Hayes, M. , et. al. 2002. The Drought Monitor: An Integrated Approach to Water Supply Assessment. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. 83(8):1181-1190
Svoboda, M., LeComte, D., Hayes, M., Heim, R., Gleason, K., Angel, J., Rippey, B., Tinker, R., Palecki, M., Stooksbury, D., Miskus, D., Stevens, S. 2002. An Introduction to the Drought Monitor. The Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. 83(8):11Online
Tadesse, T., M. J. Hayes, D. A. Wilhite, and S.K. Harms 2002. Data mining and knowledge discovery of drought in Nebraska. In Proceedings of the 15th Conference on Biometeorology and Aerobiology joint with 16th International Congress on Biometeorology, OcOnline
Hayes, M. 2001. Equipping your personal drought monitoring tool box. Proceedings of the American Society of Civil Engineers Conference, Houston, TX. 215-222.
Wu, H., Hayes, M., Weiss, A., Hu, Q. 2001. An evaluation of the Standardized Precipitation Index, China-Z Index, and statistical Z-Score. International Journal of Climatology. 21:745-758 (Journal Series Number:13242).
Wilhite, D.A., M. Hayes, and M. Svoboda 2000. Monitoring drought using the standardized precipitation index. Drought Mitigation Center Faculty Publications. Paper 70. chapter 12.Online
Wilhite, D.A., M.J. Hayes, C. Knutson, and K.H. Smith 2000. Planning for drought: Moving from crisis to risk management. Journal of the American Water Resources Association. 36:697-710Online
Wilhite, D.A., M.J. Hayes, M.D. Svoboda 2000. Drought Monitoring and Assessment: Status and Trends in the United States. Drought and Drought Mitigation in Europe. 149-160.Online
Yamoah, C.F., Walters, D.T., Shapiro, C.A., Francis, C.A., Hayes, M.J. 2000. Standardized Precipitation Index and nitrogen rate effects on yields and risk analysis of maize in dryland cropping systems. Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment. 80:113-120 (
Hayes M.J., M.D. Sovoboda, D.A. Wilhite, O.V. Vanyarko. 1999. Monitoring the 1996 Drought Using the Standardized Precipitation Index. American Meteorological Society. 80(3):429-438.Online
Hayes, M.J. and W.L. Decker 1998. Using satellite and real-time weather data to predict maize production. International Journal of Biometeorology. 42:10-15 (Journal Series Number:7386)Online
Bartošová, L., Fischer, M., Balek, J., Bláhová, M., Kudláčková, L., Chuchma, F., Hlavinka, P., Možný, M., Zahradníček, P., Wall, N., Hayes, M. J., Hain, C., Anderson, M., Wagner, W., Žalud, Z., Trnka, M. (2022). Validity and Reliability of Drought Reporters in Estimating Soil Water Content and Drought Impacts in Central Europe. Agriculture and Forest Meteorology, 315.Online

Background

Education

DegreeMajorInstitutionYear Awarded
Doctorate of PhilosophyAtmospheric SciencesUniversity of Missouri1994
Master of ScienceAtmospheric SciencesUniversity of Missouri1989
Bachelor of ScienceMeteorologyUniversity of Wisconsin-Madison1986

 

Affiliations

 

Awards

TitleAwarded byYear Awarded
Omtvedt Innovation AwardUNL-IANR2013

 

Websites

 

SNR Program Areas

  • Applied Climate and Spatial Science

Areas of Interest/Expertise

  • Drought Risk Management
  • Drought Assessment
  • Vulnerability Assessments
  • Climate Variability and Change
  • Extreme Events
  • Adaptation Strategies
  • Drought Mitigation
  • Planning
  • Physical Geography
  • Resilience

Grants

Currently this page only displays grants that were awarded on 1/1/ 2009 to the present. If a grant was awarded prior to 1/1/ 2009 and is still active, it will not be displayed on this page.

Grant TitlePredicting the Effect of Climate Extremes on the Food System to Improve Resilience of Global and Local Food Security
Starting Date03/07/2023

Investigator(s)

Ending Date11/20/2023
Funding Level$80,898.00
Funding AgencyUniversity of California-Santa Barbara

 

Grant TitleOptimizing Cover Crop Decisions for Enhanced Productivity, Profitability, Resilience and Environmental Sustainability
Starting Date09/15/2022

Investigator(s)

Ending Date08/16/2023
Funding Level$37,173.00
Funding AgencyU.S. Geological Survey

 

Grant Title Ute Mountain Ute Tribe Climate Adaptation Workshop Series
Starting Date05/10/2022

Investigator(s)

Ending Date05/31/2023
Funding Level$13,000.00
Funding AgencyUTE Mountain UTE Tribe

 

Grant TitleA Multi-Spatial Approach to Monitoring Forage Characteristics of Western US Grasslands
Starting Date08/17/2021

Investigator(s)

Ending Date08/16/2022
Funding Level$42,826.00
Funding AgencyU.S. Geological Service

 

Grant TitleA Multi-Spatial Approach to Monitoring Forage Characteristics of Western US Grasslands
Starting Date10/01/2020

Investigator(s)

Ending Date08/16/2021
Funding Level$84,999.00
Funding AgencyUS Department of Interior - Geological Survey

 

Grant TitleMENAdrought Empowering and Enhancing Drought Management Systems in the Middle East-North Africa Region (Additional Funding)
Starting Date08/10/2020

Investigator(s)

Ending Date09/30/2020
Funding Level$119,483.00
Funding AgencyWater Management Institute

 

Grant TitleProviding Drought Risk Management Services for the World Bank
Starting Date05/29/2020

Investigator(s)

Ending Date03/24/2021
Funding Level$199,994.00
Funding AgencyWorld Bank Group

 

Grant TitleINFEWS/T1: Towards Resilient Food-Energy-Water Systems in Response to Drought Impacts and Socioeconomic Shocks: New Mexico (Additional Funding)
Starting Date01/06/2020

Investigator(s)

Ending Date08/31/2020
Funding Level$61,434.00
Funding AgencyNew Mexico State University /National Science Foundation

 

Grant TitleDrought Risk Management in South Africa
Starting Date06/07/2019

Investigator(s)

Ending Date08/15/2020
Funding Level$40,000.00
Funding AgencyWorld Bank Group

 

Grant TitleUSAID MENAdrought
Starting Date06/03/2019

Investigator(s)

Ending Date09/30/2021
Funding Level$1,222,118.00
Funding AgencyIWMI

 

Grant TitleMENA Regional Drought Management (Additional Funding)
Starting Date05/20/2019

Investigator(s)

Ending Date06/30/2019
Funding Level$478,800.00
Funding AgencyNebraska Environmental Trust

 

Grant TitleDrought Impacts on Grasslands
Starting Date03/15/2019

Investigator(s)

Ending Date09/14/2019
Funding Level$84,995.00
Funding AgencyUS Department of Interior - GS

 

Grant TitleINFEWS/T1: Towards Resilient Food-Energy-Water Systems in Response to Drought Impacts and Socioeconomic Shocks: New Mexico (Additional Funding)
Starting Date11/06/2018

Investigator(s)

Ending Date08/31/2020
Funding Level$59,688.00
Funding AgencyNational Science Foundation

 

Grant TitleFEWS Responses to Drought/Economic
Starting Date10/19/2017

Investigator(s)

Ending Date08/31/2020
Funding Level$179,133.00
Funding AgencyNew Mexico State University

 

Grant Title Drought Risk Management and Planning Assistance in the Caribbean
Starting Date01/01/2017

Investigator(s)

Ending Date06/30/2017
Funding Level$49,917.00
Funding AgencyCaribbean Institute of Meterology and Hydrology

 

Grant TitleMENA Regional Drought Management
Starting Date01/01/2016

Investigator(s)

Ending Date03/31/2017
Funding Level$1,025,440.00
Funding AgencyICBA

 

Grant TitlePredicting Climate Extreme GHA (additional funding)
Starting Date12/02/2015

Investigator(s)

Ending Date01/13/2017
Funding Level$277,065.00
Funding AgencyNational Aeronautics and Space Administration

 

Grant TitleDrought Information Services for Agriculture across the United States
Starting Date10/01/2015

Investigator(s)

Ending Date09/30/2016
Funding Level$839,442.00
Funding AgencyU. S. Department of Agriculture - Office of the Chief Economist

 

Grant TitleRegional Climate Services Support in the High Plains Region (additional funding)
Starting Date07/31/2015

Investigator(s)

Ending Date07/31/2016
Funding Level$162,572.00
Funding AgencyNational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

 

Grant TitleThe Quick Drought Response Index (QuickDRI): An Integrated Approach to Maximizing the Use of NASA Data Sets for Rapid Response Drought Monitoring (additional funding)
Starting Date06/25/2015

Investigator(s)

Ending Date08/13/2016
Funding Level$93,169.00
Funding AgencyNational Aeronautics and Space Administration

 

Grant TitleProviding Drought Information Services for the Nation: the National Drought Mitigation Center
Starting Date06/01/2015

Investigator(s)

Ending Date05/31/2018
Funding Level$798,885.00
Funding AgencyNational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

 

Grant TitleThe Quick Drought Response Index (QuickDRI): An Integrated Approach to Maximizing the Use of NASA Data Sets for Rapid Response Drought Monitoring (additional funding)
Starting Date02/27/2015

Investigator(s)

Ending Date08/13/2016
Funding Level$93,169.00
Funding AgencyNational Aeronautics and Space Administration

 

Grant TitleDevelopment of the Middle East and North Africa Network of Water Centers
Starting Date02/01/2015

Investigator(s)

Ending Date12/31/2015
Funding Level$40,052.00
Funding AgencyDeveloment Alternatives, Inc.

 

Grant TitleEastern Caribbean Drought Workshops
Starting Date01/22/2015

Investigator(s)

Ending Date05/20/2016
Funding Level$49,227.00
Funding AgencyOECS

 

Grant TitleImproving US Drought Monitoring - Integrating Soil Moisture Data and Developing a Drought Blends Portal
Starting Date10/01/2014

Investigator(s)

Ending Date10/30/2015
Funding Level$150,000.00
Funding AgencyUS Department of Agriculture

 

Grant TitleDrinking Water Utilities
Starting Date09/25/2014

Investigator(s)

Ending Date06/15/2015
Funding Level$17,072.00
Funding AgencyCadmus Group, Inc.

 

Grant TitleDrought Risk Management for the United States
Starting Date09/01/2014

Investigator(s)

Ending Date08/31/2015
Funding Level$693,696.00
Funding AgencyUniversity of Oklahoma (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration)

 

Grant TitleThe Quick Drought Response Index (QuickDRI): An Integrated Approach to Maximizing the Use of NASA Data Sets for Rapid Response Drought Monitoring (additional funding)
Starting Date08/15/2014

Investigator(s)

Ending Date08/13/2016
Funding Level$124,225.00
Funding AgencyNational Aeronautics and Space Administration

 

Grant TitleThe Quick Drought Response Index (QuickDRI): An Integrated Approach to Maximizing the Use of NASA Data Sets for Rapid Response Drought Monitoring (additional funding)
Starting Date08/15/2014

Investigator(s)

Ending Date08/13/2016
Funding Level$58,113.00
Funding AgencyNational Aeronautics and Space Administration

 

Grant TitleImproving U.S. Drought Monitoring
Starting Date07/16/2014

Investigator(s)

Ending Date07/15/2015
Funding Level$240,000.00
Funding AgencyDepartment of Agriculture

 

Grant TitleTech Assist on Drought Preparedness
Starting Date07/01/2014

Investigator(s)

Ending Date06/30/2015
Funding Level$25,000.00
Funding AgencyWorld Bank Group

 

Grant TitleSeasonal Prediction of Hydro-Climatic Extremes in the Greater Horn of Africa under Evolving Climate Conditions to Support Adaptation Strategies (additional funds)
Starting Date01/14/2014

Investigator(s)

Ending Date01/13/2017
Funding Level$343,462.00
Funding AgencyNational Aeronautics and Space Administration

 

Grant TitlePredicting Climate Extreme GHA
Starting Date11/01/2013

Investigator(s)

Ending Date10/31/2016
Funding Level$987,767.00
Funding AgencyNational Aeronautics and Space Administration

 

Grant TitleTech Assist on Drought Preparedness
Starting Date10/03/2013

Investigator(s)

Ending Date06/30/2014
Funding Level$40,000.00
Funding AgencyWorld Bank Group - IBRD

 

Grant TitleDrought Information Service
Starting Date10/01/2013

Investigator(s)

Ending Date09/30/2014
Funding Level$739,809.00
Funding AgencyUS Department of Commerce - National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

 

Grant TitleNDMC Drought Information Services for Agriculture
Starting Date09/27/2013

Investigator(s)

Ending Date09/26/2014
Funding Level$200,000.00
Funding AgencyDepartment of Agriculture

 

Grant TitleRapid Response Drought Monitoring
Starting Date08/14/2012

Investigator(s)

Ending Date08/13/2013
Funding Level$121,082.00
Funding AgencyNational Aeronautics and Space Administration

 

Grant TitleRapid Response Drought Monitoring (additional funding)
Starting Date08/14/2012

Investigator(s)

Ending Date08/13/2016
Funding Level$324,564.00
Funding AgencyNational Aeronautics and Space Administration

 

Grant TitleNational Drought Mitigation Center Drought Risk Atlas
Starting Date08/01/2012

Investigator(s)

Ending Date07/31/2014
Funding Level$127,186.00
Funding AgencyNational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

 

Grant TitleGlobal Drought Info Workshop
Starting Date05/07/2012

Investigator(s)

Ending Date05/06/2013
Funding Level$29,343.00
Funding AgencyNational Aeronautics and Space Administration

 

Grant TitleNOAA High Plains Regional Climate Center
Starting Date12/31/2011

Investigator(s)

Ending Date03/31/2013
Funding Level$829,888.00
Funding AgencyNational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

 

Grant TitleTransition of an Interactive Drought Management Database
Starting Date09/01/2011

Investigator(s)

Ending Date08/31/2013
Funding Level$203,861.00
Funding AgencyUS Department of Commerce - National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

 

Grant TitleDrought Monitor
Starting Date10/01/2010

Investigator(s)

Ending Date09/30/2013
Funding Level$558,401.00
Funding AgencyAgriculture and Food Research Initiative/National Institute of Food and Agriculture

 

Grant TitleDrought Information System
Starting Date07/01/2010

Investigator(s)

Ending Date06/30/2011
Funding Level$13,175.00
Funding AgencyKongju National University

 

Grant TitleDrought Mitigation, Nebraska Project
Starting Date07/15/2009

Investigator(s)

Ending Date07/14/2010
Funding Level$437,243.00
Funding AgencyUS Department of Agriculture - CSREES

 

Grant TitleDevelopment of a Pilot Drought Information System for National Drought Disaster Reduction (additional funding)
Starting Date10/01/2008

Investigator(s)

Ending Date09/30/2010
Funding Level$17,040.00
Funding AgencyKongju National University

 

Grant TitleDevelopment of a Pilot Drought Information System for National Drought Disaster Reduction
Starting Date08/01/2008

Investigator(s)

Ending Date05/31/2011
Funding Level$70,000.00
Funding AgencyKongju National University

 

Advising

Graduate Programs

Master of Applied Science

Master of Science in Natural Resource Sciences
including specializations in

  • Bio-Atmospehric Interactions
  • Climate Assessment and Impacts
  • Human Dimensions

Doctorate of Philosophy in Natural Resource Sciences
including specializations in

  • Bio-Atmospehric Interactions
  • Climate Assessment and Impacts
  • Human Dimensions

Courses Taught

Course NumberCourse TitleFall Even YearsFall Odd YearsSpring Even YearsSpring Odd YearsSummer SessionCross Listing
NRES 370Applied ClimatologyXXMETR 370
NRES 452/852Climate and SocietyXXAGRO/GEOG/METR 450/850, NRES 452/852
NRES 478/878Regional ClimatologyXMETR 478/878