PEDAL lab

PEDAL lab

The PEDAL lab studies landscape change in a variety of neato landscapes using field data, remote sensing, and statistical modeling.

Publications

Thaler, E.A, Del Vecchio, J.M., Fiolleau, S., Farley, M.A., Dafflon, B. Rowland, J.C. Linking hillslope soil fluxes to soil carbon dynamics in permafrost landscapes. In review. Earth’s Future

Thaler, E.A., Dunham, J.B., Gallagher, B.K., Alford, S. B., Flitcroft, R. L., Roon, D. A., Bladon, K. D. A Spatial Framework for the Assessment of Aquatic Ecosystem Vulnerability to Wildfire: A Case Study of Bull Trout (Salvelinus Confluentus). In review. Ecosphere

Pimont, C., Thaler, E.A., Ebel, B.A. and Bladon, K.D., 2026. Effects of wildfire on soil hydraulic properties in the Western Oregon Cascades. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences, 131(5), p.e2025JG009611.

Farley, M.S., Thaler, E.A., Fiolleau, S., Dafflon, B., Vecchio, J.D., Wang, C., Crumley, R., Bennett, K.E., Iversen, C.M. and Rowland, J.C., 2026. Vegetation heterogeneity reflects soil thermal state and surface soil displacement in a thawing permafrost landscape. Environmental Research: Ecology, 5(2), p.025002.

Contributing author: United Nations FAO and ITPS. 2025. Status of the World’s Soil Resources 2026. Chapter 12 Regional assessment for North America region. Rome, Italy. 2026

Swartz, A.G., Coble, A.A., Thaler, E.A. and Warren, D.R., 2024. Quantifying the Variability of “Fixed-Width” Buffers on Harvested Lands in Western Oregon and Washington. Journal of Forestry, p.fvae018.

Thaler, E.A., Uhleman, S., Rowland, J.C., Schwenk, J., Wang, C., Dafflon, B. and Bennett, K.E., 2023. High‐Resolution Maps of Near‐Surface Permafrost for Three Watersheds on the Seward Peninsula, Alaska Derived from Machine Learning. Earth and Space Science, 10(12), p.e2023EA003015.

Renner, C., Conroy, N., Thaler, E.A., Collins, A., Thomas, L., Dillard, S., Rowland, J. and Bennett, K., 2023. The Next-Generation Ecosystem Experiment Arctic Rainfall Simulator: a tool to understand the effects of changing rainfall patterns in the Arctic. Hydrology Research, p.nh2023146.

Uhlemann, S., Shirley, I., Wielandt, S., Ulrich, C., Wang, C., Fiolleau, S., Peterson, J., Lamb, J., Thaler, EA., Rowland, J. and Hubbard, S.S., 2023. Estimating Permafrost Distribution Using Co‐Located Temperature and Electrical Resistivity Measurements. Geophysical Research Letters, 50(17), p.e2023GL103987.

Kwang, J.S., Thaler, E.A. and Larsen, I.J., 2023. The Future of Soils in the Midwestern United States. Earth’s Future, 11(5), p.e2022EF003104. Larsen, I.J., Eger, A., Almond, P.C., Thaler, E.A., Rhodes, J.M. and Prasicek, G., 2023. The influence of erosion and vegetation on soil production and chemical weathering rates in the Southern Alps, New Zealand. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 608, p.118036.

Thaler, E.A., Crumley, R.L. and Bennett, K.E., 2023. Estimating snow cover from high-resolution satellite imagery by thresholding blue wavelengths. Remote Sensing of Environment, 285, p.113403.

Quarrier, C.L., Kwang, J.S., Quirk, B.J., Thaler, E.A., Larsen, I.J. 2022. Pre-agricultural soil erosion rates in the midwestern United States. Geology, DOI:10.1130/G50667.1

Thaler, E.A., Kwang, J.S., Quirk, B.J., Lauth Quarrier, C.A., Larsen, I.J. 2022. Rates of historical anthropogenic soil erosion in the Midwestern United States. Earth’s Future, 10(3), p.e2021EF002396.

Kwang, J.S., Thaler, E.A., Quirk, B.J., Lauth Quarrier, C.A., Larsen, I.J. 2022. A landscape evolution modeling approach for predicting three-dimensional soil organic carbon redistribution in agricultural landscapes. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences, 127(2), p.e2021JG006616.

Thaler, E.A., Larsen, I.J. and Yu, Q., 2021. The extent of soil loss across the US Corn Belt. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 118(8).

Thaler, E. A., Larsen, I.J. and Yu, Q. A New Index for Remote Sensing of Soil Organic Carbon Based Solely on Visible Wavelengths. Soil Science Society of America Journal 83.5 (2019): 1443-1450.

Ficco K.K., Thaler E.A., Van Brahana J., Ficco M., Helms T. 2019. Strength and Limitations of Karst Groundwater Vulnerability Mapping Methodologies. In: Younos T., Schreiber M., Kosič Ficco K. (eds) Karst Water Environment. The Handbook of Environmental Chemistry, vol 68. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-77368- 1_4

Perne, M, Covington, M.D., Thaler, E.A., and Myre, J.M. 2017. Steady state, erosional continuity, and the topography of landscaped developed in layered rocks. Earth Surf. Dynamics, 5, 1-16. Doi:10.5194/esurf-5-1-2017.

Keen-Zebert, A., Shepherd, S., Hudson, M., Thaler, E. A. 2017. The Effect of Lithology on Valley Width, Terrace Distribution, and Coarse Sediment Provenance In a Tectonically Stable Catchment with Flat-Lying Stratigraphy. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, doi: 10.1002/esp/4116.

Thaler, E. A. and M. D. Covington. 2016. The Influence of Sandstone Caprock Material on Bedrock Channel Steepness within a Tectonically Passive Setting: Buffalo National River Basin, Arkansas, USA. Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface 121 (9): 1635-1650.