Simulating the thermal regime and thaw processes of ice-rich permafrost ground with the land-surface model CryoGrid 3

Westermann, S.; Langer, M.; Boike, J.; Heikenfeld, M.; Peter, M.; Etzelmüller, B.; Krinner, G.

doi:10.5194/gmd-9-523-2016

Articles | Volume 9, issue 2

https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-9-523-2016

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© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 9, issue 2

Model description paper

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08 Feb 2016

Model description paper |

| 08 Feb 2016

Simulating the thermal regime and thaw processes of ice-rich permafrost ground with the land-surface model CryoGrid 3

S. Westermann, M. Langer, J. Boike, M. Heikenfeld, M. Peter, B. Etzelmüller, and G. Krinner

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Short summary

Thawing of permafrost is governed by a complex interplay of different processes, of which only conductive heat transfer is taken into account in most model studies. We present a new land-surface scheme designed for permafrost applications, CryoGrid 3, which constitutes a flexible platform to explore new parameterizations for a range of permafrost processes.