A simplified permafrost-carbon model for long-term climate studies with the CLIMBER-2 coupled earth system model

Crichton, K. A.; Roche, D. M.; Krinner, G.; Chappellaz, J.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-7-3111-2014

Articles | Volume 7, issue 6

https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-7-3111-2014

© Author(s) 2014. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-7-3111-2014

© Author(s) 2014. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 7, issue 6

Development and technical paper

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18 Dec 2014

Development and technical paper |

| 18 Dec 2014

A simplified permafrost-carbon model for long-term climate studies with the CLIMBER-2 coupled earth system model

K. A. Crichton, D. M. Roche, G. Krinner, and J. Chappellaz

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Final revised paper (published on 18 Dec 2014)
Preprint (discussion started on 30 Jul 2014)

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Status: closed

AC: Author comment | RC: Referee comment | SC: Short comment | EC: Editor comment

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SC C1377: 'Exec Editor Comments', Dan Lunt, 13 Aug 2014
- AC C1414: 'relevant code added as supplement', Katherine Crichton, 19 Aug 2014
RC C1714: 'review for Crichton et al. (2014)', Anonymous Referee #1, 11 Sep 2014
- AC C2102: 'repsonse to reviewer 1', Katherine Crichton, 24 Oct 2014
RC C1866: 'Comments on Crichton et al.', Anonymous Referee #2, 29 Sep 2014
- AC C2104: 'response to reviewer 2', Katherine Crichton, 24 Oct 2014
RC C1888: 'good study but needs better handling of equations and terminology', Victor Brovkin, 02 Oct 2014
- AC C2162: 'response to review my Victor Brovkin', Katherine Crichton, 27 Oct 2014

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AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision

AR by Katherine Crichton on behalf of the Authors (07 Nov 2014) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish subject to technical corrections (24 Nov 2014) by Andrea Stenke

AR by Katherine Crichton on behalf of the Authors (26 Nov 2014) Manuscript

Short summary

Permafrost is ground that remains frozen for two or more consecutive years. An estimated 50% of the global below-ground organic carbon is stored in soils of the permafrost zone. This study presents the development and validation of a simplified permafrost-carbon mechanism for the CLIMBER-2 model. Our model development allows, for the first time, the study of the role of permafrost soils in the global carbon cycle for long timescales and for coupled palaeoclimate Earth system modelling studies.