H057
Frozen Ground Hydrology: Moving Towards a Process-Based Understanding
Session ID#: 157267
Session Description:
Frozen ground in both seasonally frozen and permafrost environments is rapidly changing, with consequences for and feedbacks with the partitioning of hydrologic and biogeochemical fluxes that are not completely understood. This session invites studies that identify or address major unanswered questions related to frozen ground hydrology, including the distribution and exchange of water, energy, and nutrients between surface and subsurface reservoirs, particularly in high latitude and high altitude environments. We welcome interdisciplinary studies addressing any component of water in the frozen critical zone, including ecosystem dynamics, hydrology, hydrogeology, and nutrient cycling. Methodological approaches appropriate for the session include but are not limited to field studies, remote sensing, numerical modeling, and data synthesis. Studies that advance process-based understanding across multiple spatial scales and historical to future climates are encouraged.
Index Terms:
0702 Permafrost [CRYOSPHERE]
0704 Seasonally frozen ground [CRYOSPHERE]
1807 Climate impacts [HYDROLOGY]
1823 Frozen ground [HYDROLOGY]
Primary Convener: Adrienne Michelle Marshall, Colorado School of Mines, Hydrologic Science & Engineering; Geology & Geological Engineering, Golden, CO, United States
Conveners: Julia Guimond, Dalhousie University, Civil and Resource Engineering and Centre for Water Resources Studies, Halifax, NS, Canada, Aaron Mohammed, McGill University, Earth and Planetary Sciences, Montreal, QC, Canada and Sarah G. Evans, Appalachian State University, Department of Geological and Environmental Sciences, Boone, NC, United States
Assessment of physicochemical properties in lentic water bodies of the Rankin Inlet area (Nunavut, Canada) for sublacustrine open talik detection (1042626)
Benoit Faucher1, Anne-Marie LeBlanc1, Nicholas Utting1 and Michelle Blade2, (1)Natural Resources Canada, Ottawa, Canada, (2)Government of Nunavut, Iqaluit, NU, Canada
Silicon Isotopes: A Tool to Capture Winter Biogeochemical Connectivity in Permafrost Soils (Stordalen, Sweden) (1047624)
Maëlle Villani1, Catherine Hirst1, Erik J Lundin2, Reiner Giesler3, Carl Magnus Morth4 and Sophie Opfergelt1, (1)Université Catholique de Louvain, Earth and Life Institute, Environmental Sciences, Louvain-La-Neuve, Belgium, (2)Abisko Scientific Research Station, Swedish Polar Research Secretariat, Abisko, Sweden, (3)Umeå University, Climate Impacts Research Centre, Department of Ecology and Environmental Science, Umeå, Sweden, (4)Stockholm University, Department of Geological Sciences, Stockholm, Sweden
Frozen-soil Hydrological Modeling for a Mountainous Catchment at Northeast of the Tibetan Plateau (1051077)
Hongkai Gao1, Rensheng Chen2, Hubert H G Savenije3, Fabrizio Fenicia4 and Kang Wang1, (1)East China Normal University, Shanghai, China, (2)Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou, China, (3)Delft University of Technology, Delft, Netherlands, (4)CRP Gabriel Lippmann, Belvaux, Luxembourg
Spatial Variability in Soil Frost across Mixed Agricultural and Forested Land Covers in Southeast New Hampshire, USA (1058542)
Tim Hoheneder, University of New Hampshire, Institute for the Study of Earth, Oceans, and Space, Durham, United States, Alexandra Contosta, University of New Hampshire, Institute for the Study of Earth, Oceans and Space, Durham, United States and Jennifer M Jacobs, University of New Hampshire, Institute for the Study of Earth, Oceans, and Space; Civil and Environmental Engineering, Durham, NH, United States
Effects of Surface Water--Groundwater Connectivity on Groundwater Discharge in Arctic Deltas (1059160)
Lindsey Aman, University of Florida, Gainesville, United States; West Virginia University, Department of Geology and Geography, Morgantown, United States and Christopher J Russoniello, University of Rhode Island, Department of Geosciences, South Kingston, United States; West Virginia University, Morgantown, United States
Using Land Surface Models to Interrogate the Influence of Seasonally Frozen Ground on Snowmelt Partitioning (1070211)
Mariel Jones1, Harsh Anurag1, G. H. Crystal Ng2 and Xue Feng3, (1)University of Minnesota Twin Cities, Minneapolis, MN, United States, (2)University of Minnesota Twin Cities, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences and Saint Anthony Falls Laboratory, Minneapolis, United States, (3)University of Minnesota Twin Cities, Civil, Environmental, and Geo-Engineering, Minneapolis, United States
Probing Permafrost Hydrology and Thaw across a Ground Ice Content Gradient in Alaska (Invited) (1092633)
Joshua C Koch1, Anna Bergstrom2, Matthew Bogard3, Michael Carey1, Brian A Ebel4, Jonathan A O'Donnell5, Donald Matthew Reeves6, Ylva Sjoberg7, Patrick Sullivan8 and Ryan Toohey9, (1)USGS Alaska Science Center, Anchorage, AK, United States, (2)Boise State University, Boise, United States, (3)University of Lethbridge, Lethbridge, AB, Canada, (4)U.S. Geological Survey, Earth Systems Processes Division, Water Resources Mission Area, Burlington, United States, (5)National Park Service Anchorage, Anchorage, AK, United States, (6)Western Michigan University, Geological and Environmental Sciences, Kalamazoo, United States, (7)University of Copenhagen, Department of Physical Geography, København K, Denmark, (8)University of Alaska Anchorage, Anchorage, AK, United States, (9)USGS Alaska Climate Adaptation Science Center, Anchorage, AK, United States
Imaging Freeze-Thaw Fronts in Fully Saturated Soil and Sand Using two MRI Pulse Sequences (1111941)
John K Koestel1,2, Jan Sklenar3, Andreas J Pohlmeier4, Martina Sobotkova3, Tomas Princ5 and Michal Snehota3, (1)Agroscope, Soil Quality and Soil Use, Zurich, Switzerland, (2)Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala, Sweden, (3)Czech Technical University in Prague, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Prague, Czech Republic, (4)Forschungszentrum Jülich, Agrosphere (IBG-3), Deutschland, Germany, (5)Czech Technical University Prague, Prague, Czech Republic
Landcover controls on infiltration, recharge, and freezing depths in a post-permafrost landscape (1123233)
Nathan Lee Young1, Aaron A. Mohammed2, Jean-Michel Lemieux1, Philippe Fortier1 and Jeffrey M McKenzie3, (1)Laval University, Department of Geology and Geologic Engineering, Quebec City, QC, Canada, (2)McGill University, Earth and Planetary Sciences, Montreal, Canada, (3)McGill University, Earth and Planetary Sciences, Montreal, QC, Canada
Supra-permafrost groundwater’s contribution to stream flow and organic matter chemistry in the Arctic: estimation using combined mechanistic and statistical approaches (1128202)
Neelarun Mukherjee, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, United States, M. Bayani Cardenas, University of Texas at Austin, Department of Geological Sciences, Austin, TX, United States, Jingyi Chen, University of Texas at Austin, Aerospace Engineering & Engineering Mechanics, Austin, TX, United States, Bethany T Neilson, Utah State University, Utah Water Research Laboratory, Logan, UT, United States and George W Kling, University of Michigan, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Ann Arbor, MI, United States
Coupled Process Simulations Indicate that Subsidence Will Accelerate Permafrost Thaw and Lead to Drier Tundra (1152641)
Scott L Painter1, Ethan Coon1, Ahmad Jan1 and Julie D Jastrow2, (1)Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Watershed Systems Modeling Group, Environmental Sciences Division, Oak Ridge, United States, (2)Argonne National Laboratory, Environmental Science Division, Lemont, United States
The Impact of Variable Saturation on the Subsurface Thermal Regime: Implications for Ground Freezing and Talik Dynamics at a Degrading Permafrost Mound near Umiujaq (Nunavik, Canada) (1154650)
Philippe Fortier1, Nathan Lee Young1, Jean-Michel Lemieux1 and Michelle A Walvoord2, (1)Laval University, Department of Geology and Geologic Engineering, Quebec City, QC, Canada, (2)U. S. Geological Survey, Earth System Processes Division, Denver, United States
Effects of ice wedge polygon geometry and subsurface characteristics on permafrost thaw dynamics under a warming climate (1171614)
Xiang Huang, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM, United States, Charles Abolt, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Computational Earth Science, Los Alamos, NM, United States and Katrina E Bennett, Los Alamos National Lab, Los Alamos, NM, United States
Seasonality and Catchment Characteristics Control the Spatial Variability of Specific Discharge and Solute Export in a Mountainous Subarctic Watershed, Yukon, Canada. (1172326)
Arsh Grewal, McMaster University, School of Earth, Environment & Society, Hamilton, ON, Canada and Sean Kevin Carey, McMaster University, School of Earth, Environment and Society, Hamilton, ON, Canada
How Does Climate Warming Affect the Mass Transport of a Nonreactive Solute in a Thawing Permafrost Environment? (1186678)
Selsey Stribling, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences McGill University, Montreal, QC, CANADA, Aaron A. Mohammed, McGill University, Earth and Planetary Sciences, Montreal, Canada, Jeffrey M McKenzie, McGill University, Earth and Planetary Sciences, Montreal, QC, Canada and Julia Guimond, Dalhousie University, Civil and Resource Engineering and Centre for Water Resources Studies, Halifax, NS, Canada
Saturation Patterns of Water Track-thermoerosional Gully Complexes Situated on Hillslopes Underlain by Continuous Permafrost (1189801)
Brandon Yokeley1, Sarah Godsey1, Sarah G. Evans2, Benjamin T Crosby1, Emma Ferm3, Key Hatch3, Rachel H. Harris2 and Clara Chew4, (1)Idaho State University, Department of Geosciences, Pocatello, United States, (2)Appalachian State University, Department of Geological and Environmental Sciences, Boone, NC, United States, (3)Appalachian State University, Department of Geological and Environmental Sciences, Boone, United States, (4)University Corporation for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO, United States
