Micah Johnson
CoFounder at M3 Works LLC
Boise, Idaho, United States
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Top SchoolMicah Johnson is a co-founder and engineer with 12 years of experience specializing in real-time, physically based snowpack modeling and field instrumentation for snow measurement. He leads development of iSnobal and the Lyte Probe, a patented penetrometer/reflectometer deployed globally from Antarctica to Greenland and used by stakeholders from cat-ski operators to the U.S. Department of Defense. Fluent in Python, he builds end-to-end systems—spatial databases, REST APIs, remote sensing pipelines, and ML/physically based models—that make snow data more accurate and actionable for water managers and researchers. His background spans hardware design, product development, and field deployments, translating research-grade methods into robust operational tools. Notably, he has run large beta deployments (5,000+ measurements) and guided instruments from concept through commercialization and international use. Based in Boise, Idaho, he thrives at the intersection of science, engineering, and practical decision support for complex hydrologic systems.
12 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
Master of Science (MS), Mechanical Engineering, Master of Science (MS), Mechanical Engineering at Boise State UniversityMechanical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering at Oregon Institute of TechnologyBachelors of Science, Mechanical Engineering, Bachelors of Science, Mechanical Engineering at University of Alaska Anchorage
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Github Skills (83)
measurement10
prediction-model10
snow10
hydrology10
watershed10
water10
noaa10
ocean10
science10
carbon-emissions10
census10
mercury10
atmosphere10
weather-data10
modeling10
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
USDA-ARS-NWRC/basin_setup
Dec 2017 - May 2020
Command line tool for setting up a new basin for running in SMRF and AWSM
Contributions:214 commits, 3 PRs, 99 pushes in 2 years 6 months
golangcommand-line-toolsettingbasinaws
USDA-ARS-NWRC/inicheck
Jan 2018 - Mar 2023
Automated handling, checking, and outputting of complicated .ini configuration files.
Contributions:7 reviews, 5 PRs, 115 pushes in 5 years 2 months
configurationzonescheckingbusterconfiguration-files
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