Evaluating integrated surface/subsurface permafrost thermal hydrology models in ATS (v0.88) against observations from a polygonal tundra site

Jan, Ahmad; Coon, Ethan T.; Painter, Scott L.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-13-2259-2020

Articles | Volume 13, issue 5

Geosci. Model Dev., 13, 2259–2276, 2020

https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-13-2259-2020

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

Geosci. Model Dev., 13, 2259–2276, 2020

https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-13-2259-2020

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

Articles | Volume 13, issue 5

Model evaluation paper 13 May 2020

Model evaluation paper | 13 May 2020

Evaluating integrated surface/subsurface permafrost thermal hydrology models in ATS (v0.88) against observations from a polygonal tundra site

Ahmad Jan et al.

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RC1: 'Review of “Evaluating integrated surface/subsurface permafrost thermal hydrology models in ATS (v0.88) against observations from a polygonal tundra site”', Anonymous Referee #1, 21 Dec 2019
RC2: 'Review', Anonymous Referee #2, 09 Jan 2020
AC1: 'Response to reviewers', Scott Painter, 18 Feb 2020

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AR by Svenja Lange on behalf of the Authors (21 Feb 2020) Author's response

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (29 Feb 2020) by Christoph Müller

RR by Anonymous Referee #2 (03 Mar 2020)

RR by Anonymous Referee #1 (07 Mar 2020)

ED: Publish subject to technical corrections (24 Mar 2020) by Christoph Müller

Short summary

Computer simulations are important tools for understanding the response of Arctic permafrost to a warming climate. To build confidence in an emerging class of permafrost simulators, we evaluated the Advanced Terrestrial Simulator against field observations from a frozen tundra site near Utqiaġvik (formerly Barrow), Alaska. The 3-year simulations agree well with observations of snow depth, summer water table, soil temperature at multiple locations, and spatially averaged evaporation.