Articles | Volume 13, issue 3
https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-13-1399-2020
https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-13-1399-2020
Development and technical paper
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23 Mar 2020
Development and technical paper |  | 23 Mar 2020

Dynamic upscaling of decomposition kinetics for carbon cycling models

Arjun Chakrawal, Anke M. Herrmann, John Koestel, Jerker Jarsjö, Naoise Nunan, Thomas Kätterer, and Stefano Manzoni

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AR by Arjun Chakrawal on behalf of the Authors (24 Oct 2019)  Author's response    Manuscript
ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (30 Oct 2019) by Wolfgang Kurtz
RR by Thomas Wutzler (07 Nov 2019)
RR by Anonymous Referee #3 (15 Nov 2019)
ED: Reconsider after major revisions (23 Nov 2019) by Wolfgang Kurtz
AR by Arjun Chakrawal on behalf of the Authors (04 Jan 2020)  Author's response    Manuscript
ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (16 Jan 2020) by Wolfgang Kurtz
RR by Thomas Wutzler (23 Jan 2020)
RR by Anonymous Referee #3 (29 Jan 2020)
ED: Publish subject to technical corrections (08 Feb 2020) by Wolfgang Kurtz
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Short summary
Soils are heterogeneous, which results in a nonuniform spatial distribution of substrates and the microorganisms feeding on them. Our results show that the variability in the spatial distribution of substrates and microorganisms at the pore scale is crucial because it affects how fast substrates are used by microorganisms and thus the decomposition rate observed at the soil core scale. This work provides a methodology to include microscale heterogeneity in soil carbon cycling models.