Hydrogeology field research in northern peatlands

北方研究补充提案将资助一项创新的实地研究计划，研究哈德逊湾低地泥炭地的水文地质，包括它们与区域地下水流和不连续永久冻土的相互作用。拟议的研究，基于丘吉尔，马尼托巴，将包括实地测量温度分布，泥炭水力特性，和水头。收集的现场数据将用于研究泥炭地内的基本水文地质过程，如区域地下水对泥炭地水力学的影响，并为地下水数值模型提供数据。 该研究将突出一个新的地下水流/热传输模型，该模型结合了冻融过程，名为SUTRA-ICE。这项研究将更好地了解北方泥炭地的水文地质学，以及这些脆弱的生态系统将如何应对持续的气候变暖。该项目是可行的，将有利于加拿大和北方人民。所要求的资金大部分用于支付与北方运输有关的高昂费用。该提案将有助于培养高素质的人才，包括支持研究生实地考察和本科生实地助理。有可能与北方研究人员和研究中心建立联系，如丘吉尔北方研究中心。

The Northern Research Supplement proposal is to fund an innovative field research program studying the hydrogeology of peatlands in the Hudson Bay Lowlands, including their interaction with regional groundwater flow and discontinuous permafrost. The proposed research, based out of Churchill, Manitoba, will include fieldwork to measure temperature distributions, peat hydraulic properties, and hydraulic head. The collected field data will be used to study fundamental hydrogeologic processes within the peatlands, such as the influence of regional groundwater on peatland hydraulics, and to provide data for numerical groundwater models. The research will highlight a new groundwater-flow/ heat-transport model that incorporates freeze-thaw processes, named SUTRA-ICE. The research will provide a better understanding of the hydrogeology of northern peatlands and how these delicate ecosystems will respond to ongoing climate warming. The project is feasible, and will be beneficial to Canadian and Northern peoples. The majority of the requested funds are for high costs associated with Northern transportation. The proposal will help train highly qualified persons, including support for graduate student fieldwork and undergraduate field assistants. There is potential to establish links with northern researchers and research centers, such as the Churchill Northern Research Centre.