Elevation-based upscaling of organic carbon stocks in High-Arctic permafrost terrain:a storage and distribution assessment for Spitsbergen, Svalbard
Accurate quantity and distribution estimates of permafrost soil organic carbon (SOC) stocks are needed to project potential feedbacks to climate, following warming. Still, upscaling from local field observations to regional estimates to circumarctic assessments remains a challenge. Here we explore e...
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ftcopenhagenunip:oai:pure.atira.dk:publications/e6413e2d-f76e-4984-b230-5076a445ed05 2024-02-27T08:36:15+00:00 Elevation-based upscaling of organic carbon stocks in High-Arctic permafrost terrain:a storage and distribution assessment for Spitsbergen, Svalbard Weiss, Niels Faucherre, Samuel Lampiris, Nikos Wojcik, Robin 2017 application/pdf https://curis.ku.dk/portal/da/publications/elevationbased-upscaling-of-organic-carbon-stocks-in-higharctic-permafrost-terrain(e6413e2d-f76e-4984-b230-5076a445ed05).html https://doi.org/10.1080/17518369.2017.1400363 https://curis.ku.dk/ws/files/196206964/Elevation_based_upscaling_of_organic_carbon_stocks_in_High_Arctic_permafrost_terrain.pdf eng eng info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess Weiss , N , Faucherre , S , Lampiris , N & Wojcik , R 2017 , ' Elevation-based upscaling of organic carbon stocks in High-Arctic permafrost terrain : a storage and distribution assessment for Spitsbergen, Svalbard ' , Polar Research , vol. 36 , no. 1 , 1400363 . https://doi.org/10.1080/17518369.2017.1400363 climate warming greenhouse gas release SOC inventory Soil organic carbon upscaling model article 2017 ftcopenhagenunip https://doi.org/10.1080/17518369.2017.1400363 2024-02-01T00:05:42Z Accurate quantity and distribution estimates of permafrost soil organic carbon (SOC) stocks are needed to project potential feedbacks to climate, following warming. Still, upscaling from local field observations to regional estimates to circumarctic assessments remains a challenge. Here we explore elevation-based upscaling techniques for High-Arctic permafrost SOC stocks. We combine two detailed, high-resolution SOC inventories on Spitsbergen (Svalbard) with regional validation data. We find a clear relationship between elevation and SOC content, and use this observed exponential correlation, as well as discrete elevation classes, as upscaling models for Spitsbergen. We estimate the total amount of permafrost SOC currently present in soils on Spitsbergen to be 105.36 Tg (0.11 Pg), with a mean SOC content of 2.84 ± 0.74 kg C m −2 (mean ± 95% confidence interval). Excluding glaciers and permanent snowfields, exposed land is currently estimated to contain 6.26 ± 1.47 kg C m −2 . Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Arctic permafrost Polar Research Svalbard Spitsbergen University of Copenhagen: Research Arctic Svalbard Polar Research 36 1 1400363 |
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Accurate quantity and distribution estimates of permafrost soil organic carbon (SOC) stocks are needed to project potential feedbacks to climate, following warming. Still, upscaling from local field observations to regional estimates to circumarctic assessments remains a challenge. Here we explore elevation-based upscaling techniques for High-Arctic permafrost SOC stocks. We combine two detailed, high-resolution SOC inventories on Spitsbergen (Svalbard) with regional validation data. We find a clear relationship between elevation and SOC content, and use this observed exponential correlation, as well as discrete elevation classes, as upscaling models for Spitsbergen. We estimate the total amount of permafrost SOC currently present in soils on Spitsbergen to be 105.36 Tg (0.11 Pg), with a mean SOC content of 2.84 ± 0.74 kg C m −2 (mean ± 95% confidence interval). Excluding glaciers and permanent snowfields, exposed land is currently estimated to contain 6.26 ± 1.47 kg C m −2 . |
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Elevation-based upscaling of organic carbon stocks in High-Arctic permafrost terrain:a storage and distribution assessment for Spitsbergen, Svalbard |
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Elevation-based upscaling of organic carbon stocks in High-Arctic permafrost terrain:a storage and distribution assessment for Spitsbergen, Svalbard |
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Elevation-based upscaling of organic carbon stocks in High-Arctic permafrost terrain:a storage and distribution assessment for Spitsbergen, Svalbard |
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Elevation-based upscaling of organic carbon stocks in High-Arctic permafrost terrain:a storage and distribution assessment for Spitsbergen, Svalbard |
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Elevation-based upscaling of organic carbon stocks in High-Arctic permafrost terrain:a storage and distribution assessment for Spitsbergen, Svalbard |
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elevation-based upscaling of organic carbon stocks in high-arctic permafrost terrain:a storage and distribution assessment for spitsbergen, svalbard |
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Weiss , N , Faucherre , S , Lampiris , N & Wojcik , R 2017 , ' Elevation-based upscaling of organic carbon stocks in High-Arctic permafrost terrain : a storage and distribution assessment for Spitsbergen, Svalbard ' , Polar Research , vol. 36 , no. 1 , 1400363 . https://doi.org/10.1080/17518369.2017.1400363 |
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