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2022

Principle Investigator Affiliation Project Sponsor Duration (months) Project Focus
E. Martin Virginia Tech NSF 12 Sits: Collaborative Research: Understand and Forecast Long-term Variations of In-situ Geophysical and Geomechanical Characteristics of Degrading Permafrost in the Arctic
M. Wengrove Oregon State University Department of Defense 1.3 Bottom Mounted Fiber Optics for Sensing Nearshore Hydrodynamics
L. Murdoch Clemson University Department of Defense 12 Development of high temperature thermal energy storage and recovery using borehole heat exchangers
R. Cook Sandia National Lab Department of Energy 0.6 Tethered ballon systems
N. Terry U.S.G.S Department of Defense N/A Demonstrating a Multi-Scale Thermal and Electromagnetic Technologies Toolbox for Improved Mapping and Monitoring of Contaminated Groundwater Discharges to Surface Water
H. Chang Portland State University Tualatin River Environmental Enhancement (TREE) Grant Program 1.5 Effects of Stream Restoration and Beaver Activities on Stream Temperatures in Urban Streams
M. Silivia WoodsHole NASA 1.2  Test the survivability of certain fiber optic tethers as they are frozen into water ice at pressures up to 3000 psi.
C. Gabrielli SelkerMetrics N/A 1.0 Locating and quantifying groundwater discharge to a marine waterway
E. Williams The University of Texas at Austin NSF 2.3 Multi-scale Thermal Mapping of Submarine Groundwater Discharge in Critical Coastal Ecosystems of Volcanic Islands

2021

Principle Investigator Affiliation Project Sponsor Duration (months) Project Focus
C. Gabrielli SelkerMetrics N/A 9 Conway Culvert
N. Terry USGS USGS 0.03 Thermal hydrologic survey
D. Dexheimer Sandia National Lab Department of Energy 0.8 Tethered balloon experiment
E. Martin Virginia Tech NSF 4 Sits: Collaborative Research: Understand and Forecast Long-term Variations of In-situ Geophysical and Geomechanical Characteristics of Degrading Permafrost in the Arctic
D. Dexheimer Sandia National Lab Department of Energy 0.5 Tethered balloon experiment
M. Wengrove Oregon State University Department of Defense 2.7 Bottom Mounted Fiber Optics for Sensing Nearshore Hydrodynamics
T. Scambos NSIDC NSF 1.75 DTS and DAS Thwaites glacier
M. Wengrove Oregon State University internal 0.1 DAS cable performance testing in OSU Wave Lab

2020

Principle Investigator Affiliation Project Sponsor Duration (months) Project Focus
D. Fratta UW-Madison Department of Defense 2.1 Experimental model of a horizontal geothermal exchange system
J. Miller University of Colorado NSF 1 Antarctica Firn aquifers
C. Gabrielli SelkerMetrics NA 8 Conway Culvert
C. Opatz U.S. Geological Survey Department of Defense 0.8 Metals in terrestrial groundwater and intertidal marine porewater along unwalled shorelines of the Bremerton Naval Complex, WA
M. Yates U.S. Geological Survey Other 0.5 Johnson Creek Basin Water Temperature Monitoring
X. Hu Oregon State University Department of Energy 0.0 Creation of a single mode fiber sensor

2019

Principle Investigator Affiliation Project Sponsor Duration (months) Project Focus
M. Siegfried Stanford University NSF 11.5 SALSA: Mapping subglacial groundwater in Antarctica
D. Winebrenner University of Washington NSF 0.2 Dense observation of geothermal fluxes in Antarctica
KC Carroll New Mexico State University Department of Energy 2.6 Temperature Mapping as an Indirect Characterization Method for Surface Water-Hyporheic Zone Exchange
E. Pardyjak University of Utah NSF 1.4 Idealized Planar Array experiment for Quantifying Surface heterogeneity
M. Wengrove Oregon State University CTEMPs 3 DTS for detecting dune erosion
S. Kelley New Mexico Bureau of Geology Internal 1 Summer of Applied Geophysical Experience –undergraduate instruction
A. Stonewall USGS Oregon Water Science Center USGS 0.7 Lake bottom temperature in Crystal Springs Lake
C. Gabrielli Selker Metrics Other 0.4 Detecting groundwater upwelling in Newtown Creek Canal in New York City.
X. Hu Oregon State University Department of Energy 0.0 Creation of a single mode fiber sensor
B. Caves Andrews Hammock & Powell Inc. Department of Defense 0.6 Geologic and Thermal Analysis at Ft. Benning, GA
J. Miller University of Colorado Boulder NSF 2.0 Antarctic Firn Aquifers

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2018
 

Principle
Investigator

Affiliation Project Sponsor Duration (months) Project Focus
D. Hare AECOM Nevada Division of Environmental Protection 1 Groundwater discharge
R. Tipping University of Minnesota  Other 0.5 Evaluate Temperature, Streamflow, and Hydrogeology Impact on Brook Trout Habitat
T. Pickering U.S. Navy  U.S. Navy 0.25 Side by side comparison of multiple DTS units
P. Long Lake Chelan Research Institute  Other 12

Internal seiche in Lake Chelan

A. Rich Sonoma County Water Authority  Other 4

Distributed Temperature Sensing in an Aquifer Storage Recovery Injection Observation Well

C. Thomas University of Bayreuth Internal 0.25

Wind direction from comparison of arrays of heated and passive fiber optic cables

J. van Ramshorst TU Delft Internal 0.35

Wind speed from comparison of heated and passive fiber optic cables

Eric Pardyjak University of Utah NSF 0.7 Idealized Planar Array experiment for Quantifying Surface heterogeneity
Frank Selker Selker Metrics Other 2.1 Passaic River
Mark Hausner Desert Research Institute DOE 0.6 Temperature profiling during sampling
Thomas Glose University of Buffalo CTEMPs 1.2

Quantification of Fluxes Using a Physically Paired Fiber-Optic Cable

Kurt Feigl

University of Wisconsin CTEMPs 0.25 PoroTomo project follow-up well bore temperature profile
April Hiscox University of South Carolina NSF 3 SAVANT: Stable Atmospheric Variability ANd Transport
Dale Winebrenner University of Washington NSF 3 Dense observation of geothermal fluxes in Antarctica
Matthew Siegfried Stanford University NSF 2.4 SALSA: Mapping subglacial groundwater in Antarctica
Robert Tipping University of Minnesota Other 1.6 Hydrogeology and Trout Health, Southeastern Minnesota
Kurt Feigl University of Wisconsin CTEMPs 0.25 Distributed Acoustic sensing at PoroTomo for detection of Nevada Test Site M 2.3 explosion

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2016-2017

Principle
Investigator

Affiliation Project Sponsor Duration (months) Project Focus
S. Chandra UNR NSF 5 Lake stratification
M. Daniels NOAA NOAA 12 Lake Shasta
S. Tulaczyk UCSC NSF 3 Whillans Ice Stream Subglacial Access Research Drilling
Y. Cheng Columbia University DOE 9 Heated optic fiber experiment
K. Davis University of California - Irvine Internal 3 Quantifying influences of small-scale variability and recent thermal history on coral thermal tolerance
S. Giddings UCSD USC Sea Grant 1 Ocean-lagoon mixing
M. Hausner Desert Research Institute DOE 0.3 A pilot test of distributed thermal perturbation sensing as a method to assess hydrogeologic heterogeneities on Pahute Mesa
R. Tipping University of Minnesota Other 2

Evaluate Temperature, Streamflow, and Hydrogeology Impact on Brook Trout Habitat

T. Gilmore University of Nebraska-Lincoln Internal 3

Using fiber optic distributed temperature sensing and point-scale measurements to quantify groundwater-surface water flux

J. Cole U.S. Geological Survey Other 2

Fine Scale Temperature in the Delaware River

D. Dexheimer Sandia National Laboratories DOE 1

Aerial Assessment of Liquid in Clouds at Oliktok

C. Hatch University of Massachusetts USDA 3

Soil moisture in wetland habitat

P. Long Lake Chelan Research Institute Other 2

Internal seiche in Lake Chelan

C. Higgins Oregon State University Internal 0.1

Total solar eclipse

D. Winebrenner University of Washington NSF 2

Rapid ice drilling

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2015-2016






Principle
Investigator

Affiliation Project Sponsor Duration (months) Project Focus
Dexheimer Sandia Labs DOE 5 Atmospheric characterization from tethered balloons, TX
Chandra Univ. of Nevada, Reno   4.5 Temperature profile of Castle Lake, CA
J. Selker Oregon State Univ. NOAA 1 Stream thermal monitoring in the Middle Fork John Day River
S. Tulaczyk UC Santa Cruz NSF 3 WISSARD project, Antarctica
Singha CO School of Mines CUAHSI 1.5 CUAHSI workshop
V. Martin Polytechnique Montreal Internal 2.5 Water fluxes through waste rock
C. Higgins Oregon State Univ. Internal 1 Effectiveness of frost protection in vineyards
Gentine Columbia Univ. DOE 3 Spatial structure of turbulence
M. Hausner Desert Research Institute Internal 5 Thermal monitoring of a shallow springbrook
E. Kempema Univ. Wyoming NSF 1.5 Groundwater surface water exchange
  USFS Internal 3 Effect of forest practice management on snowpack/watershed
T. Scambos Univ. of Oregon NSF-OPP 0.5 Ice shelf monitoring

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2014-2015

Principle Investigator

Affiliation

Project Sponsor

Duration (months)

Project Focus

K. Davis

UC Irvine

NSF

2

Coral reefs in the South China Sea

S. Tulaczyk

UC Santa Cruz

NSF-Polar Programs

WISSARD Project Antarctica

E. Kempema

Univ. Wyoming

NSF

1

Groundwater surface water exchange 

T. White

Penn State

NSF-CZO

CZO/REU Projects at Shale Hills and Cristina River CZO

Woods Hole Oceonographic Institute

WHOI

NSF

Continental shelf oceanography

P. Wetzel

Smith College

NSF

3

Stream thermal monitoring

D. Hyndman

Michigan State Univ

NSF

1

Lake monitoring

C. Zarneski

Michigan State Univ

NSF

1

Stream thermal monitoring

C. Higgins/H. Holmes

Oregon State Univ/ Univ of Nevada, Reno

NSF

1

Athmospheric boudary layer near windmills

S. Broda

Ecole Polytéchnique

Environment Canada

2

Tar sand tailings monitoring

L. Hawkins

Cornell Univ. 

NSF

0.5

Fusion splicer only 

S. Null

Utah State Univ.

State of Utah

1

Stream thermal monitoring

C. Ochoa

Oregon State Univ.

Oregon State Univ.

6 Stream thermal monitoring

E. Danner

NOAA

NOAA

5 Lake Shasta thermal monitoring 

C. Surfleet

Cal Poly

State of California

0.5 Surface water groundwater interaction 

D. Catsenyk

SUNY-Onieda

CTEMPs Pilot Program

1 Surface water groundwater interaction

A. Parsekian

Univ. Wyoming

NSF

2 Groundwater surface water exchange 

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2013-2014

Principle Investigator

Affiliation

Project Sponsor

Duration (months)

Project Focus

K. Davis

UC Irvine

NSF

2

Coastal Oceanography

S. Tulaczyk

UC Santa Cruz

NSF-Polar Programs

WISSARD Project Antarctica

T. White

Penn State

NSF-CZO

CZO/REU Projects at Shale Hills and Cristina River CZO

Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute

WHOI

NSF

Continental shelf oceanography

S. Null

Utah State Univ.

State of Utah

1

Stream thermal monitoring

C. Surfleet

Cal Poly

State of California

0.5 Surface water groundwater interaction 

D. Catsenyk

SUNY-Onieda

CTEMPs Pilot Program

1 Lake Vanda Limnology

A. Parsekian

Univ. Wyoming

NSF

2 Groundwater surface water exchange 

S. Tyler

CUAHSI

NSF

0.5 DTS Short Course

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2012-2013

Principle Investigator

Affiliation

Project Sponsor

Duration (months)

Project Focus

C. Thomas

Oregon State Univ.

NSF-PDM

3

Atmospheric Science

S. Tulaczyk

UC Santa Cruz

NSF-Polar Programs

1.5

WISSARD Project-Antarctica

D. Catsenyk

SUNY-Oneonta

CTEMPS Pilot Program

1.5

Lake Vanda limnology

A. Parsekian

Stanford Univ.

NSF

2

Groundwater recharge

R. Pinkel

Scripps

NSF-Ocean Sciences

2

Tahiti oceanography

K. Smettem

Univ. of Western Australia

National Centre for Groundwater Research

4

Soil moisture monitoring

T. Read

Norwich Univ.

EU

1

Well flow measurement

A. Anon

Hebrew Univ.

Israeli Geo Surv

1

High res Dead Sea processes

C. Jasper

CO School of Mines

Internal University

On-going

High resolution infiltration

S. Sellwood

Univ. of Wisconsin

State of Wisconsin

2

Borehole flow and interaquifer flow

P. Kyle

New Mexico Tech

NSF-Polar Programs

1

Volcanology

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2011-2012

Principle Investigator

Affiliation

Project Sponsor

Duration (months)

Project Focus

C. Thomas

Oregon State Univ.

NSF-PDM

3

Atmospheric Science

J. Dozier

UC Santa Barbara

USCOE

1.5

Snow Hydrology

J. Lee

Clemson Univ.

NSF

1

Stream-aquifer interaction in contaminated site

A. Fryar

U. of Kentucky

DOE

2

Surface Water/groundwater interactions

R. Pinkel

Scripps

NSF

1

Coastal Oceanography

J. Duncan

Univ. of N. Carolina

CTEMPS Pilot Program

1

Surface Water/groundwater interactions

S. Steele-Dunne

TU Delft

NASA

1

SMAP Soil Moisture Mapping

P. Kyle

New Mexico Tech

NSF-Polar Programs

1

Volcanology

M. Goosef

Penn. State Univ.

NSF-Polar Programs

1

Dry Valleys LTER

L. Kryder

Nye County, NV

DOE

1

Borehole thermal profiling

C. Welty

Univ. of Maryland

NSF

2

Urban Hydrology (LTER)

E. Bray

UC Santa Barbara

Pilot Program

1.5

Surface Water/groundwater interactions

L. Tallon

Univ. of Saskatchewan

NSERC

0.5

Tar Sand Reclamation

K. Costigan

Kansas St. Univ.

Pilot Program

2

River Dynamics and Mixing

C. Ochoa

New Mexico St. Univ.

USDA

1

Prescribed Burn soil monitoring

A. Lewis

State of New Mexico

 State of New Mexico

1

Stream Habitat Monitoring

G. Scoppatone

USGS

US Fish and Wildlife Serv.

3

Stream Habitat Restoration

C. Hatch

U. of Mass

NSF

0.5

CUAHSI Short Course

L. Bond

Humboldt State Univ.

NSF

1

River Restoration and Salmon Recovery

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2010-2011

Principle Investigator

Affiliation

Project Sponsor

Duration (months)

Project Focus

J. Dozier

UC Santa Barbara

Army Corps of Engineers

1.5

Snow Hydrology

H. Wang

U. of Wisconsin

NSF

5

Geomechanics

C. Buck*/J. Lund

UC Davis

CTEMPs Pilot

2

Stream/Aquifer Salmon Restoration

B. Yellen/D. Boutt

Univ. of Mass

NSF

Cable Only

Surface Water/groundwater

M. Seyfield

USDA-ARS 

NSF

3

Snow and Freezing Soil Dynamics

J. Wilson

New Mexico Tech

NSF-EPSCOR

0.5

DTS Short Course

S. Steele-Dunne

TU Delft

NASA

3

SMAP Soil Moisture Monitoring support

P. Kyle

New Mexico Tech

NSF

2

Volcanology of Mt. Erebus

C. Thomas

Oregon State Univ

US ARO

3

Atmospheric Turbulence

L. Kryder

Nye County, Nevada

US DOE

0.25

Borehole thermal profile (heated)

Laura Belica

Great Basin National Park

U.S. Park Service

1

Stream habitat monitoring

Ken Glander

Duke University

NSF

1.5

Primate habitat monitoring, Costa Rica

K. Martin*/J. Lundquist

University of Washington

NSF

1.5

Forest/snow monitoring (cont.)

J. Duncan*/L. Band

North Carolina State

CTEMPs Pilot

3

Stream/Groundwater interaction

K. Somers*/E. Bernhart

Duke University

CTEMPs Pilot

2

Urban Heat Island impacts on  water

Andrew Rich*

UC-Santa Barbara

CTEMPs Pilot

1

Coastal lagoon groundwater exchange

Carlos Ochoa

New Mexico State Univ.

USDA

1

Prescribed forest burn soil monitoring

Amy Lewis

State of New Mexico

State

1

Stream habitat study

G. Scoppatone

USGS

USGS

2

Stream habitat studies

C. Welty

Univ. of Maryland

NSF

1

Urban stream monitoring

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2009-2010

Principle Investigator

Affiliation

Project Sponsor

Duration (months)

Project Focus

J. Lundquist

U. of Washington

NSF

2

Snow Hydrology/Biogeochemistry

J. Dozier

UC Santa Barbara

Corps of Engineers

1.5

Snow Hydrology

J. Bahr

U. of Wisconsin

USGS

1

Aquifer storage and recovery

H. Wang

U. of Wisconsin

NSF

2

Geomechanics

B. Andrews

UC Berkeley

CTEMPS Pilot Program

1

Geothermal monitoring

L. Karlson

UC Berkeley

CTEMPS Pilot Program

2

Glacial Hydrology

C. Buck

UC Davis

CTEMPS Pilot Program

2

Stream/Aquifer exchange

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