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Michael J. Hayes is affiliated with the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in the United States. Their research primarily spans the field of Environmental Science, with particular emphasis on subfields such as Global and Planetary Change, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Sociology and Political Science, Ecology, and Ocean Engineering.

The main topics of Michael J. Hayes's work include:

  • Hydrology and Drought Analysis
  • Climate variability and models
  • Climate change impacts on agriculture
  • Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics
  • Flood Risk Assessment and Management
  • Water resources management and optimization
  • Land Use and Ecosystem Services

They have published research articles in several scientific venues, with frequent appearances in:

  • Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
  • Agricultural and Forest Meteorology
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • International Journal of Climatology
  • Remote Sensing

Recent papers associated with Michael J. Hayes include:

  • "Czech Drought Monitor System for monitoring and forecasting agricultural drought and drought impacts," published in 2020 in the International Journal of Climatology
  • "Explainable machine learning for the prediction and assessment of complex drought impacts," published in 2023 in The Science of The Total Environment
  • "Agricultural Drought Assessment in East Asia Using Satellite-Based Indices," published in 2020 in Remote Sensing
  • "Improved mapping and change detection of the start of the crop growing season in the US Corn Belt from long-term AVHRR NDVI," published in 2020 in Agricultural and Forest Meteorology
  • "Linking Drought Impacts to Drought Severity at the State Level," published in 2020 in Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Their collaborative work includes frequent co-authorships with the following researchers:

  • Mark Svoboda
  • Kelly Helm Smith
  • Rezaul Mahmood
  • Deborah J. Bathke
  • Tonya Haigh

Best Publications

  • Monitoring the 1996 Drought Using the Standardized Precipitation Index

    Michael J. Hayes;Mark D. Svoboda;Donald A. Wilhite;Olga V. Vanyarkho

  • A Self-Calibrating Palmer Drought Severity Index

    Nathan Wells;Steve Goddard;Michael J. Hayes

  • THE DROUGHT MONITOR

    Mark D. Svoboda;Doug LeComte;Mike Hayes;Richard Heim

  • The lincoln declaration on drought indices: Universal meteorological drought index recommended

    Michael Hayes;Mark Svoboda;Nicole Wall;Melissa Widhalm

  • Understanding the complex impacts of drought: A key to enhancing drought mitigation and preparedness

    Donald A. Wilhite;Mark D. Svoboda;Michael J. Hayes

  • Paleogeographic and paleotectonic setting of Laramide sedimentary basins in the central Rocky Mountain region

    William R. Dickinson;Margaret A. Klute;Michael J. Hayes;Susanne U. Janecke

  • Drought Monitoring with NDVI-Based Standardized Vegetation Index

    Albert J. Peters;Elizabeth A. Walter-Shea;Lei Ji;Andrés Viña

  • An evaluation of the Standardized Precipitation Index, the China-Z Index and the statistical Z-Score

    Hong Wu;Michael J. Hayes;Albert Weiss;Qi Hu

  • Are droughts becoming more frequent or severe in China based on the Standardized Precipitation Evapotranspiration Index: 1951–2010?

    Meixiu Yu;Meixiu Yu;Qiongfang Li;Michael J. Hayes;Mark D. Svoboda

  • The Vegetation Drought Response Index (VegDRI): A New Integrated Approach for Monitoring Drought Stress in Vegetation

    Jesslyn F. Brown;Brian D. Wardlow;Tsegaye Tadesse;Michael J. Hayes

  • Appropriate application of the standardized precipitation index in arid locations and dry seasons

    Hong Wu;Mark D. Svoboda;Michael J. Hayes;Donald A. Wilhite

  • The effect of the length of record on the standardized precipitation index calculation

    Hong Wu;Michael J. Hayes;Donald A. Wilhite;Mark D. Svoboda

  • Defining Ecological Drought for the Twenty-First Century

    Shelley D. Crausbay;Aaron R. Ramirez;Shawn L. Carter;Molly S. Cross

  • Planning for Drought: Moving from Crisis to Risk Management

    Donald A. Wilhite;Michael J. Hayes;Cody Knutson;Kelly Helm Smith

  • Measuring Economic Impacts of Drought: A Review and Discussion

    Ya Ding;Michael J. Hayes;Melissa Widhalm

  • Drought hazard assessment in the context of climate change for South Korea

    Won Ho Nam;Michael J. Hayes;Mark D. Svoboda;Tsegaye Tadesse

  • Application of relative drought indices in assessing climate-change impacts on drought conditions in Czechia

    M. Dubrovsky;Mark D. Svoboda;M. Trnka;Michael J. Hayes

  • Using the standardized precipitation index for flood risk monitoring

    R. A. Seiler;M. Hayes;L. Bressan

  • Reducing Drought Risk: Bridging Theory and Practice

    Michael J. Hayes;Olga V. Wilhelmi;Cody L. Knutson

  • Using NOAA AVHRR data to estimate maize production in the United States Corn Belt

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  • Multi-GCM projections of future drought and climate variability indicators for the Mediterranean region

    Martin Dubrovský;Michael Hayes;Pierpaolo Duce;Miroslav Trnka

  • Drought indicators and triggers

    Anne C. Steinemann;Michael J. Hayes;Luiz F.N. Cavalcanti

Frequent Co-Authors

Mark Svoboda
Mark Svoboda University of Nebraska–Lincoln
Donald A. Wilhite
Donald A. Wilhite University of Nebraska–Lincoln
Miroslav Trnka
Miroslav Trnka Czech Academy of Sciences
Brian D. Wardlow
Brian D. Wardlow University of Nebraska–Lincoln
Josef Eitzinger
Josef Eitzinger BOKU University
Zdeněk Žalud
Zdeněk Žalud Mendel University Brno
Petr Hlavinka
Petr Hlavinka Mendel University Brno
Kenneth G. Hubbard
Kenneth G. Hubbard University of Nebraska–Lincoln
Rudolf Brázdil
Rudolf Brázdil Czech Academy of Sciences

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