Articles | Volume 17, issue 12
https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-17-4871-2024
https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-17-4871-2024
Model description paper
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20 Jun 2024
Model description paper |  | 20 Jun 2024

Modeling biochar effects on soil organic carbon on croplands in a microbial decomposition model (MIMICS-BC_v1.0)

Mengjie Han, Qing Zhao, Xili Wang, Ying-Ping Wang, Philippe Ciais, Haicheng Zhang, Daniel S. Goll, Lei Zhu, Zhe Zhao, Zhixuan Guo, Chen Wang, Wei Zhuang, Fengchang Wu, and Wei Li

Model code and software

Model code of MIMICS-BC_v1.0 Mengjie Han et al. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11065423

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Short summary
The impact of biochar (BC) on soil organic carbon (SOC) dynamics is not represented in most land carbon models used for assessing land-based climate change mitigation. Our study develops a BC model that incorporates our current understanding of BC effects on SOC based on a soil carbon model (MIMICS). The BC model can reproduce the SOC changes after adding BC, providing a useful tool to couple dynamic land models to evaluate the effectiveness of BC application for CO2 removal from the atmosphere.