Simulating ice segregation and thaw consolidation in permafrost environments with the CryoGrid community model
The ground ice content in cold environments influences the permafrost thermal regime and the thaw trajectories in a warming climate, especially for soils containing excess ice. Despite their importance, the amount and distribution of ground ice are often unknown due to lacking field observations. He...
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ftnonlinearchiv:oai:noa.gwlb.de:cop_mods_00069131 2023-11-05T03:42:31+01:00 Simulating ice segregation and thaw consolidation in permafrost environments with the CryoGrid community model Aga, Juditha Boike, Julia Langer, Moritz Ingeman-Nielsen, Thomas Westermann, Sebastian 2023-10 electronic https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-17-4179-2023 https://noa.gwlb.de/receive/cop_mods_00069131 https://noa.gwlb.de/servlets/MCRFileNodeServlet/cop_derivate_00067533/tc-17-4179-2023.pdf https://tc.copernicus.org/articles/17/4179/2023/tc-17-4179-2023.pdf eng eng Copernicus Publications The Cryosphere -- ˜Theœ Cryosphere -- http://www.bibliothek.uni-regensburg.de/ezeit/?2393169 -- http://www.the-cryosphere.net/ -- 1994-0424 https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-17-4179-2023 https://noa.gwlb.de/receive/cop_mods_00069131 https://noa.gwlb.de/servlets/MCRFileNodeServlet/cop_derivate_00067533/tc-17-4179-2023.pdf https://tc.copernicus.org/articles/17/4179/2023/tc-17-4179-2023.pdf https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ uneingeschränkt info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess article Verlagsveröffentlichung article Text doc-type:article 2023 ftnonlinearchiv https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-17-4179-2023 2023-10-08T23:22:04Z The ground ice content in cold environments influences the permafrost thermal regime and the thaw trajectories in a warming climate, especially for soils containing excess ice. Despite their importance, the amount and distribution of ground ice are often unknown due to lacking field observations. Hence, modeling the thawing of ice-rich permafrost soils and associated thermokarst is challenging as ground ice content has to be prescribed in the model setup. In this study, we present a model scheme, capable of simulating segregated ice formation during a model spinup together with associated ground heave. It provides the option to add a constant sedimentation rate throughout the simulation. Besides ice segregation, it can represent thaw consolidation processes and ground subsidence under a warming climate. The computation is based on soil mechanical processes, soil hydrology by the Richards equation and soil freezing characteristics. The code is implemented in the CryoGrid community model (version 1.0), a modular land surface model for simulations of the ground thermal regime. The simulation of ice segregation and thaw consolidation with the new model scheme allows us to analyze the evolution of ground ice content in both space and time. To do so, we use climate data from two contrasting permafrost sites to run the simulations. Several influencing factors are identified, which control the formation and thaw of segregated ice. (i) Model results show that high temperature gradients in the soil as well as moist conditions support the formation of segregated ice. (ii) We find that ice segregation increases in fine-grained soils and that especially organic-rich sediments enhance the process. (iii) Applying external loads suppresses ice segregation and speeds up thaw consolidation. (iv) Sedimentation leads to a rise of the ground surface and the formation of an ice-enriched layer whose thickness increases with sedimentation time. We conclude that the new model scheme is a step forward to improve the description of ground ... Article in Journal/Newspaper Ice permafrost The Cryosphere Thermokarst Niedersächsisches Online-Archiv NOA The Cryosphere 17 10 4179 4206 |
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The ground ice content in cold environments influences the permafrost thermal regime and the thaw trajectories in a warming climate, especially for soils containing excess ice. Despite their importance, the amount and distribution of ground ice are often unknown due to lacking field observations. Hence, modeling the thawing of ice-rich permafrost soils and associated thermokarst is challenging as ground ice content has to be prescribed in the model setup. In this study, we present a model scheme, capable of simulating segregated ice formation during a model spinup together with associated ground heave. It provides the option to add a constant sedimentation rate throughout the simulation. Besides ice segregation, it can represent thaw consolidation processes and ground subsidence under a warming climate. The computation is based on soil mechanical processes, soil hydrology by the Richards equation and soil freezing characteristics. The code is implemented in the CryoGrid community model (version 1.0), a modular land surface model for simulations of the ground thermal regime. The simulation of ice segregation and thaw consolidation with the new model scheme allows us to analyze the evolution of ground ice content in both space and time. To do so, we use climate data from two contrasting permafrost sites to run the simulations. Several influencing factors are identified, which control the formation and thaw of segregated ice. (i) Model results show that high temperature gradients in the soil as well as moist conditions support the formation of segregated ice. (ii) We find that ice segregation increases in fine-grained soils and that especially organic-rich sediments enhance the process. (iii) Applying external loads suppresses ice segregation and speeds up thaw consolidation. (iv) Sedimentation leads to a rise of the ground surface and the formation of an ice-enriched layer whose thickness increases with sedimentation time. We conclude that the new model scheme is a step forward to improve the description of ground ... |
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Simulating ice segregation and thaw consolidation in permafrost environments with the CryoGrid community model |
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Simulating ice segregation and thaw consolidation in permafrost environments with the CryoGrid community model |
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Simulating ice segregation and thaw consolidation in permafrost environments with the CryoGrid community model |
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Simulating ice segregation and thaw consolidation in permafrost environments with the CryoGrid community model |
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Simulating ice segregation and thaw consolidation in permafrost environments with the CryoGrid community model |
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simulating ice segregation and thaw consolidation in permafrost environments with the cryogrid community model |
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