CE-DYNAM (v1): a spatially explicit process-based carbon erosion scheme for use in Earth system models

Naipal, Victoria; Lauerwald, Ronny; Ciais, Philippe; Guenet, Bertrand; Wang, Yilong

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-13-1201-2020

Articles | Volume 13, issue 3

https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-13-1201-2020

© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-13-1201-2020

© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 13, issue 3

Model description paper

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17 Mar 2020

Model description paper |

| 17 Mar 2020

CE-DYNAM (v1): a spatially explicit process-based carbon erosion scheme for use in Earth system models

Victoria Naipal, Ronny Lauerwald, Philippe Ciais, Bertrand Guenet, and Yilong Wang

Supplement

https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-13-1201-2020-supplement

Data sets

Dataset for CE-DYNAM (V1) Victoria Naipal, Ronny Lauerwald, Philippe Ciais, Bertrand Guenet, Yilong Wang https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.2642452

Short summary

In this study we present the Carbon Erosion DYNAMics model (CE-DYNAM) that links sediment dynamics resulting from water erosion with the soil carbon cycle along a cascade of hillslopes, floodplains, and rivers. The model can simulate the removal of soil and carbon from eroding areas and their destination at regional scale. We calibrated and validated the model for the Rhine catchment, and we show that soil erosion is a potential large net carbon sink over the period 1850–2005.