Global climate model (MIROC4.0) simulations for permafrost dynamics sensitivity to the subsurface and the atmosphere

• Format: Dataset
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• Published: Arctic Data Center
• Subjects: GCM (Global Climate model) simulations; permafrost dynamics; atmospheric impacts; Arctic; permafrost
• Online Access: https://search.dataone.org/view/1e121697-bb78-476a-b625-ee6175c3277f

A set of land-atmosphere coupled global climate model simulations were performed to investigate the sensitivity of the permafrost dynamics and the soil settings to the subsurface hydro-thermal states and to examine the impacts on the hydro-climate above the surface. c5s0 (conventional land process scheme; conventional soil property values; 5-layer 4m soil column; no top organic layers) c5s0o (conventional land process scheme; physically-based soil property values; 5-layer 4m soil column; no top organic layers) p5s0 (partial refinement (no unfrozen water); physically-based soil property values; 5-layer 4m soil column; no top organic layers) r6s1(refined permafrost dynamics; physically-based soil property values; 6-layer 14m soil column; top organic layers) rCs0 (refined permafrost dynamics; physically-based soil property values; 12-layer 100m soil column; no top organic layers) rCs1y (refined permafrost dynamics; physically-based soil property values; 12-layer 100m soil column; top organic layers; different hydraulic parameters) rCs1 (refined permafrost dynamics; physically-based soil property values; 12-layer 100m soil column; top organic layers) The work was partially supported by NSF Grant number ARC-0327664, 0652838. The MIROC GCM was developed by CCSR (Univ. Tokyo), NIES and FRCGC, Japan. Simulations were done at the Arctic Research Supercomputing Center (ARSC).