David Selkowitz
Dave is a Research Geographer in the WY-MT WSC Studies Section.
Professional Experience
(2007 - Present) Research Geographer, US Geological Survey, Alaska Science Center
(2006 - 2007) Environmental Scientist, SAIC contractor for the US Geological Survey, Alaska Science Center
(2003 - 2005) Graduate Research Assistant, Department of Geosciences, Oregon State University
(2002 - 2003) Independent Contractor for National Park Service/US Geological Survey, Northern Rocky Mountain Science Center, Glacier Field Station
(2002) Research Associate, Montana State University contractor for the US Geological Survey, Northern Rocky Mountain Science Center, Glacier Field Station
Education and Certifications
M.S. Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon, 2005
B.A. Middlebury College, Middlebury, Vermont, 2001
Affiliations and Memberships*
American Geophysical Union
Honors and Awards
Graduate Research Assistantship, Oregon State University Department of Geosciences, 2003-2005
Science and Products
From Water to Wildlife: Linking Water Timing and Availability to Meadows and Wildlife in a Changing Climate
Geospatial Research and Development to Understand Hydrologic Processes
Historical simulated snowpack for the Lake Sherburne, MT watershed and vicinity, water years 1980-2019
Integrated hydrology and operations modeling to evaluate climate change impacts in an agricultural valley irrigated with snowmelt runoff
Automated mapping of persistent ice and snow cover across the western U.S. with Landsat
An automated approach for mapping persistent ice and snow cover over high latitude regions
Prevalence of pure versus mixed snow cover pixels across spatial resolutions in alpine environments: implications for binary and fractional remote sensing approaches
A multi-sensor lidar, multi-spectral and multi-angular approach for mapping canopy height in boreal forest regions
Thematic accuracy of the National Land Cover Database (NLCD) 2001 land cover for Alaska
Exploring the potential for a fused Landsat-MODIS snow covered area product
A comparison of multi-spectral, multi-angular, and multi-temporal remote sensing datasets for fractional shrub canopy mapping in Arctic Alaska
Modeling and measuring snow for assessing climate change impacts in Glacier National Park, Montana
Science and Products
From Water to Wildlife: Linking Water Timing and Availability to Meadows and Wildlife in a Changing Climate
Geospatial Research and Development to Understand Hydrologic Processes
Historical simulated snowpack for the Lake Sherburne, MT watershed and vicinity, water years 1980-2019
Integrated hydrology and operations modeling to evaluate climate change impacts in an agricultural valley irrigated with snowmelt runoff
Automated mapping of persistent ice and snow cover across the western U.S. with Landsat
An automated approach for mapping persistent ice and snow cover over high latitude regions
Prevalence of pure versus mixed snow cover pixels across spatial resolutions in alpine environments: implications for binary and fractional remote sensing approaches
A multi-sensor lidar, multi-spectral and multi-angular approach for mapping canopy height in boreal forest regions
Thematic accuracy of the National Land Cover Database (NLCD) 2001 land cover for Alaska
Exploring the potential for a fused Landsat-MODIS snow covered area product
A comparison of multi-spectral, multi-angular, and multi-temporal remote sensing datasets for fractional shrub canopy mapping in Arctic Alaska
Modeling and measuring snow for assessing climate change impacts in Glacier National Park, Montana
*Disclaimer: Listing outside positions with professional scientific organizations on this Staff Profile are for informational purposes only and do not constitute an endorsement of those professional scientific organizations or their activities by the USGS, Department of the Interior, or U.S. Government