Hydrologic Impacts of the Loss of Wisconsin’s Winter on Surface Water – Groundwater Interactions

Objectives: This study seeks to answer three research questions: I) What effects do ice cover regimes have on surface water–groundwater interactions across a range of stream types and field conditions? II) What is the magnitude of ice formation-induced changes to surface water–groundwater interactions and how has climate change altered the surface water–groundwater exchange? III) How do ice cover regimes vary across stream sizes and how have these regimes changed over a period of historic observations?