Calibrating the sqHIMMELI v1.0 wetland methane emission model with hierarchical modeling and adaptive MCMC

Susiluoto, Jouni; Raivonen, Maarit; Backman, Leif; Laine, Marko; Makela, Jarmo; Peltola, Olli; Vesala, Timo; Aalto, Tuula

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-11-1199-2018

Articles | Volume 11, issue 3

https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-11-1199-2018

© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-11-1199-2018

© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 11, issue 3

Model evaluation paper

|

29 Mar 2018

Model evaluation paper |

| 29 Mar 2018

Calibrating the sqHIMMELI v1.0 wetland methane emission model with hierarchical modeling and adaptive MCMC

Jouni Susiluoto, Maarit Raivonen, Leif Backman, Marko Laine, Jarmo Makela, Olli Peltola, Timo Vesala, and Tuula Aalto

Supplement

https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-11-1199-2018-supplement

Model code and software

HIMMELI v1.0: HelsinkI Model of MEthane buiLd- up and emIssion for peatlands M. Raivonen, S. Smolander, L. Backman, J. Susiluoto, T. Aalto, T. Markkanen, J. Mäkelä, J. Rinne, O. Peltola, M. Aurela, A. Lohila, M. Tomasic, X. Li, T. Larmola, S. Juutinen, E.-S. Tuittila, M. Heimann, S. Sevanto, T. Kleinen, V. Brovkin, and T. Vesala https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-10-4665-2017

Short summary

Methane is an important greenhouse gas and methane emissions from wetlands contribute to the warming of the climate. Wetland methane emissions are also challenging to estimate. We analyze the performance of a new wetland emission computer model utilizing mathematical methods and using data from a wetland in southern Finland. The analysis helps to explain how wetlands produce methane and how emission modeling can be improved and uncertainties in the emission estimates reduced in future studies.