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Articles | Volume 18, issue 23
Articles | Volume 18, issue 23
https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-18-9349-2025
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Development and technical paper
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02 Dec 2025
Development and technical paper |  | 02 Dec 2025

A process-based modeling of soil organic matter physical properties for land surface models – Part 1: Soil mixture theory

Bertrand Decharme

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This study resolves a key inconsistency in how Earth system models represent the physical properties of soil organic matter in land surface models. It introduces a new method to compute its volumetric fraction and physical effects using standard input data and soil mixture theory. Validated with experimental mixtures and field observations, the proposed framework improves the physical realism of soil property estimates.
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