Modeling boreal forest soil dynamics with the microbially explicit soil model MIMICS+ (v1.0)

Aas, Elin Ristorp; de Wit, Heleen A.; K. Berntsen, Terje

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-17-2929-2024

Articles | Volume 17, issue 7

https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-17-2929-2024

© Author(s) 2024. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-17-2929-2024

© Author(s) 2024. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 17, issue 7

Model description paper

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16 Apr 2024

Model description paper |

| 16 Apr 2024

Modeling boreal forest soil dynamics with the microbially explicit soil model MIMICS+ (v1.0)

Elin Ristorp Aas, Heleen A. de Wit, and Terje K. Berntsen

Supplement

https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-17-2929-2024-supplement

Data sets

Model inputs and outputs for "Modeling boreal forest soil dynamics with the microbially explicit soil model MIMICS+ (v1.0)" Elin Ristorp Aas https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10946217

Model code and software

MIMICSplus Elin Ristorp Aas and Elisabeth Woerner https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10610814

ecaas/CTSM_Norway_sites: Version1 (Norway_site_runs) CTSM Development Team https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10946157

Short summary

By including microbial processes in soil models, we learn how the soil system interacts with its environment and responds to climate change. We present a soil process model, MIMICS+, which is able to reproduce carbon stocks found in boreal forest soils better than a conventional land model. With the model we also find that when adding nitrogen, the relationship between soil microbes changes notably. Coupling the model to a vegetation model will allow for further study of these mechanisms.