This $1,010,330 National Science Foundation project grant supports research to better understand snow hydrology in complex peatland systems and its role in regulating spring streamflow and water movement. Funded under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050), the award will train students in interdisciplinary research while collecting new field data on snowpack size and duration under different forest covers. It will also study the impact of soil frost on snowmelt infiltration and monitor water movement between forests and peatland bogs. The awardee, Regents of the University of Minnesota, will use the new data and existing long-term data from the Marcell Experimental Forest to model hydrology in low-relief peatlands. A $250,000 subaward to Northern Arizona University will support related research on snow hydrology in spatially heterogeneous peatland catchments. The project aims to provide insights with implications for carbon-water feedbacks within peatlands under climate change.
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