Articles | Volume 9, issue 8
https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-9-2639-2016
https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-9-2639-2016
Model description paper
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11 Aug 2016
Model description paper |  | 11 Aug 2016

Integrating peatlands into the coupled Canadian Land Surface Scheme (CLASS) v3.6 and the Canadian Terrestrial Ecosystem Model (CTEM) v2.0

Yuanqiao Wu, Diana L. Verseghy, and Joe R. Melton

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AR by YUANQIAO WU on behalf of the Authors (09 May 2016)
ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (20 May 2016) by Jatin Kala
RR by Nigel Roulet (21 Jun 2016)
ED: Publish as is (24 Jun 2016) by Jatin Kala
AR by YUANQIAO WU on behalf of the Authors (24 Jun 2016)
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Short summary
About 20 % of the carbon stored in global soils occurs in peatlands. Warmer and drier conditions will both tend to stimulate the decomposition of peat and increase CO2 and methane emissions, thus potentially enhancing the warming trend. It is important that this feedback mechanism be captured in climate models. This work integrated peatlands into the Canadian Earth system model (CanESM) for global climate predictions and represent a valuable enhancement to the family of Earth system models.