A permafrost implementation in the simple carbon–climate model Hector v.2.3pf

Woodard, Dawn L.; Shiklomanov, Alexey N.; Kravitz, Ben; Hartin, Corinne; Bond-Lamberty, Ben

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-14-4751-2021

Articles | Volume 14, issue 7

https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-14-4751-2021

© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-14-4751-2021

© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 14, issue 7

Model description paper

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30 Jul 2021

Model description paper |

| 30 Jul 2021

A permafrost implementation in the simple carbon–climate model Hector v.2.3pf

Dawn L. Woodard, Alexey N. Shiklomanov, Ben Kravitz, Corinne Hartin, and Ben Bond-Lamberty

Model code and software

dawnlwoodard/hector-permafrost-analysis: Permafrost Paper Code With CMIP6 Processing (Version v1.1) Dawn L. Woodard https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4952065

dawnlwoodard/hector_pf: Hector Permafrost Implementation (Version v2.3pf) R. Link, A. Shiklomanov, B. Bond-Lamberty, C. Hartin, bvegawe, P. Patel, S. Willner, K. R. Dorheim, S. Smith, R. Gieseke, and C. Lynch https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4876800

Short summary

We have added a representation of the permafrost carbon feedback to the simple, open-source global carbon–climate model Hector and calibrated the results to be consistent with historical data and Earth system model projections. Our results closely match previous work, estimating around 0.2 °C of warming from permafrost this century. This capability will be useful to explore uncertainties in this feedback and for coupling with integrated assessment models for policy and economic analysis.