Articles | Volume 18, issue 21
https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-18-8217-2025
https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-18-8217-2025
Development and technical paper
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05 Nov 2025
Development and technical paper |  | 05 Nov 2025

Sunburned plankton: ultraviolet radiation inhibition of phytoplankton photosynthesis in the Community Earth System Model version 2

Joshua Coupe, Nicole S. Lovenduski, Luise S. Gleason, Michael N. Levy, Kristen Krumhardt, Keith Lindsay, Charles Bardeen, Clay Tabor, Cheryl Harrison, Kenneth G. MacLeod, Siddhartha Mitra, and Julio Sepúlveda

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We have developed a new feature in the atmosphere and ocean components of the Community Earth System Model version 2 by implementing ultraviolet (UV) radiation inhibition of photosynthesis of four marine phytoplankton functional groups represented in the Marine Biogeochemistry Library. The new feature is tested with varying levels of UV radiation, and it will enable an analysis of an asteroid impact’s effect on the ozone layer and how that affects the base of the marine food web.
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