J. Rowland (LANL), who has extensive experience in land surface dynamics and hydrology, will lead this team. S. Hubbard (LBNL), an expert in subsurface characterization and hydrogeological investigations, will lead the geophysical investigations conducted by B. Daffon (LBNL), J. Ajo-Franklin (LBNL), and J. Peterson (LBNL). Laboratory characterization of physical properties of cores will conducted by T. Kneafsey (LBNL). H. Wainwright (LBNL) will conduct data integration, and work on scaling and landscape characterization. C. Wilson (LANL), expert in hydrology and landsurface dynamics, will assist in the geomorphological characterizations and integration with hydrological investigations. E. Coon (LANL), S. Karra (LANL) and S. Painter (ORNL), experts in fine-scale modeling, will parameterize and lead simulation of coupled geomorphic and hydro-thermal responses to climate change. V. Romanovsky (UAF), an expert in permafrost monitoring and modeling, will lead the data collection and modeling activities related to permafrost distribution. W. Cable (UAF), with extensive expertise in field data collection and analysis, will lead field efforts to measure land surface and subsurface temperatures in support of permafrost characterization. D. Nicolsky (UAF), an expert in permafrost modeling, will participate in the data collection and modeling activities related to permafrost distribution. S. Panda (UAF), an expert in permafrost remote sensing and modeling, will participate in the data collection and modeling activities related to permafrost distribution. B. Bolton (UAF), an expert in permafrost hydrology and landscape change, will conduct predictive modeling related to future landsurface changes. B. Busey (UAF), with extensive expertise in field data collection and analysis, will lead field efforts to measure landsurface and subsurface temperatures in support of permafrost characterization. J. Cherry (UAF), an expert in the collection and analysis of airborne remote sensing datasets, will aid in the synthesis of historical datasets and the collection of new airborne data. J. Kumar (ORNL), an expert in modeling and data assimilation, will perform landscape characterization to inform model development, develop parameterizations and scaling strategies, and conduct simulations at fine to climate scale. F. Hoffman (ORNL) will lead the integration of the datasets into a model evaluation and benchmarking framework and perform representativeness analyses and scaling studies.
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