National Critical Zone Observatory Program (CZO)

PEOPLE

Importantly, the CZOs are a collection of infrastructure, data, models... and PEOPLE!
Each interdisciplinary CZO team is led by a Principal Investigator. Each CZO also has a multidisciplinary team engaged in research. In addition, the CZO program as a whole is reviewed and advised by a National Steering Committee.

MAIN CONTACTS

Tim White
Penn State

Email

 

National Program Coordinator
& infrastructure planning


Fred Scatena
Univ. of Pennsylvania

Email

 

PI Committee Chair

& PI for Luquillo CZO

 

PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATORS

 

Suzanne Anderson
Univ. of Colorado at Boulder
Email

 

Boulder CZO | TEAM


 

Donald Sparks
Univ. of Delaware
Email

 

Christina CZO | TEAM

       

 

Anthony Aufdenkampe
Stroud Water Research Center
Email

 

Christina CZO | TEAM


 

Jon Chorover
Univ. of Arizona

Email

 

Jemez-Catalina CZO | TEAM

       

 

Peter Troch
Univ. of Arizona

Email

 

Jemez-Catalina CZO | TEAM


 

Fred Scatena
Univ. of Pennsylvania

Email

 

Luquillo CZO | TEAM

       

 

Roger Bales
Univ. of California, Merced

Email

 

Sierra CZO | TEAM


 

Chris Duffy
Penn State

Email

 

Shale Hills CZO | TEAM

 

CROSS-CZO DATA MANAGEMENT

Mark Williams
Univ. of Colorado at Boulder

Email

 

Data Group leader

Webpage

 

M. Williams is leading a working group to create an integrated data management plan.

 

Questions about specific datasets should NOT be directed to M. Williams, instead send them to one or more CZO Data Managers (see list below)

DATA MANAGERS (emails)

Chi Yang
(Boulder)

Charles Dow
(Christina)

Melanie Arnold
(Christina)

Matej Durcik
(Jemez)

Miguel Leon
(Luquillo)

Otto Alvarez
(S. Sierra)

Brian Bills
(Shale Hills)

Jennifer Williams
(Shale Hills)

 

CROSS-CZO LIDAR DATA

Qinghua Guo
Univ. of California, Merced

Email

 

LIDAR leader
Webpage

 

Q. Guo is coordinating the cross-CZO LiDAR data aquisition, QA/QC, and processing.

 

LiDAR = airborne optical remote sensing technology that generates 3-D data with very high spatial resolution, including information about topography, tree canopy, tree throw, vegetation density, and snow cover.

NATIONAL STEERING COMMITTEE

 

Jerad Bales
USGS
Email

 

Webpage


 

Lou Derry
Cornell University
Email

 

Webpage

       

 

Gordon Grant
Forest Service & Oregon State U.
Email

 

Webpage


 

Carol Kendall
USGS, Menlo Park

Email

 

Webpage

       

 

Charles Driscoll
Syracuse University

Email

 

Webpage


 

Mary Firestone
University of California, Berkeley

Email

 

Webpage

 

NSF CONTACT

See CZO page at NSF