Geoscientific Model Development
Geoscientific Model Development
GMD
Articles | Volume 15, issue 4
Articles | Volume 15, issue 4
https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-15-1633-2022
© Author(s) 2022. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Special issue:
https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-15-1633-2022
© Author(s) 2022. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Articles | Volume 15, issue 4
Development and technical paper
 | 
25 Feb 2022
Development and technical paper |  | 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, Eleanor J. Burke, Angela V. Gallego-Sala, Noah D. Smith, M. Syndonia Bret-Harte, Dan J. Charman, Julia Drewer, Colin W. Edgar, Eugenie S. Euskirchen, Krzysztof Fortuniak, Yao Gao, Mahdi Nakhavali, Włodzimierz Pawlak, Edward A. G. Schuur, and Sebastian Westermann

Viewed

Total article views: 5,714 (including HTML, PDF, and XML)
HTML PDF XML Total Supplement BibTeX EndNote
4,196 1,403 115 5,714 346 87 136
  • HTML: 4,196
  • PDF: 1,403
  • XML: 115
  • Total: 5,714
  • Supplement: 346
  • BibTeX: 87
  • EndNote: 136
Views and downloads (calculated since 07 Oct 2021)
Cumulative views and downloads (calculated since 07 Oct 2021)

Viewed (geographical distribution)

Total article views: 5,714 (including HTML, PDF, and XML) Thereof 5,478 with geography defined and 236 with unknown origin.
Country # Views %
  • 1
1
 
 
 
 
Latest update: 14 Nov 2025
Download
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.
Read more
Share
Special issue
Joint UK Land Environment Simulator (JULES) – configurations,...