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https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-15-1633-2022
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https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-15-1633-2022
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Development and technical paper
| 
25 Feb 2022
Development and technical paper |
| 25 Feb 2022
| 25 Feb 2022
A new approach to simulate peat accumulation, degradation and stability in a global land surface scheme (JULES vn5.8_accumulate_soil) for northern and temperate peatlands
Sarah E. Chadburn
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Department of Mathematics, University of Exeter, Exeter, UK
Eleanor J. Burke
Met Office Hadley Centre, Exeter, UK
Angela V. Gallego-Sala
Geography Department, University of Exeter, Exeter, UK
Noah D. Smith
Department of Mathematics, University of Exeter, Exeter, UK
M. Syndonia Bret-Harte
Institute of Arctic Biology, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, USA
Dan J. Charman
Geography Department, University of Exeter, Exeter, UK
Julia Drewer
UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, Bush Estate, Penicuik, Scotland, UK
Colin W. Edgar
Institute of Arctic Biology, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, USA
Eugenie S. Euskirchen
Institute of Arctic Biology, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, USA
Krzysztof Fortuniak
Department of Meteorology and Climatology, University of Łódź, Łódź, Poland
Finnish Meteorological Institute, Helsinki, Finland
Mahdi Nakhavali
Geography Department, University of Exeter, Exeter, UK
Włodzimierz Pawlak
Department of Meteorology and Climatology, University of Łódź, Łódź, Poland
Edward A. G. Schuur
Center for Ecosystem Science and Society, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, USA
Sebastian Westermann
Department of Geosciences, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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- Global peatland greenhouse gas dynamics: state of the art, processes, and perspectives Ü. Mander et al. 10.1111/nph.20436
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- Evaluation of soil carbon simulation in CMIP6 Earth system models R. Varney et al. 10.5194/bg-19-4671-2022
- We Must Stop Fossil Fuel Emissions to Protect Permafrost Ecosystems B. Abbott et al. 10.3389/fenvs.2022.889428
- Assessing modelled methane emissions over northern wetlands by the JULES-HIMMELI model Y. Gao et al. 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2025.179526
- Comparing assumptions and applications of dynamic vegetation models used in the Arctic-Boreal zone of Alaska and Canada E. Heffernan et al. 10.1088/1748-9326/ad6619
- Modelling boreal forest's mineral soil and peat C dynamics with the Yasso07 model coupled with the Ricker moisture modifier B. Ťupek et al. 10.5194/gmd-17-5349-2024
- Modelling of Some Physical-Chemical Parameters of the Bikoro Peat Bogs in the Congo Basin in the North-West of the Democratic Republic of Congo F. Onzeli et al. 10.11648/j.es.20240903.11
- Saturated Hydraulic Conductivity in Northern Peats Inferred From Other Measurements P. Morris et al. 10.1029/2022WR033181
- Drivers of soil heterotrophic respiration in tropical peatlands: a review to inform peat carbon accumulation modelling E. Dehaen et al. 10.3389/fgeoc.2025.1492386
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Short summary
We present a new method to include peatlands in an Earth system model (ESM). Peatlands store huge amounts of carbon that accumulates very slowly but that can be rapidly destabilised, emitting greenhouse gases. Our model captures the dynamic nature of peat by simulating the change in surface height and physical properties of the soil as carbon is added or decomposed. Thus, we model, for the first time in an ESM, peat dynamics and its threshold behaviours that can lead to destabilisation.
We present a new method to include peatlands in an Earth system model (ESM). Peatlands store...
