The Earth system model CLIMBER-X v1.0 - Part 2: The global carbon cycle
peer reviewed The carbon cycle component of the newly developed Earth system model of intermediate complexity CLIMBER-X is presented. The model represents the cycling of carbon through the atmosphere, vegetation, soils, seawater and marine sediments. Exchanges of carbon with geological reservoirs oc...
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ftorbi:oai:orbi.ulg.ac.be:2268/308463 2024-04-21T08:10:23+00:00 The Earth system model CLIMBER-X v1.0 - Part 2: The global carbon cycle Willeit, Matteo Ilyina, Tatiana Liu, Bo Heinze, Christoph Perrette, Mahé Heinemann, Malte Dalmonech, Daniela Brovkin, Victor Munhoven, Guy Börker, Janine Hartmann, Jens Romero-Mujalli, Gibran Ganopolski, Andrey 2023-06-27 https://orbi.uliege.be/handle/2268/308463 https://orbi.uliege.be/bitstream/2268/308463/1/Willeit-etal.GMD-2023.pdf https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-16-3501-2023 en eng Copernicus Publications https://gmd.copernicus.org/articles/16/3501/2023/gmd-16-3501-2023.pdf 10.5281/zenodo.7898797 urn:issn:1991-959X urn:issn:1991-9603 https://orbi.uliege.be/handle/2268/308463 info:hdl:2268/308463 https://orbi.uliege.be/bitstream/2268/308463/1/Willeit-etal.GMD-2023.pdf doi:10.5194/gmd-16-3501-2023 scopus-id:2-s2.0-85164000740 open access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2 info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess Geoscientific Model Development, 16 (12), 3501 - 3534 (2023-06-27) Modeling and Simulation Earth and Planetary Sciences (all) General Environmental Science Earth System Model Climate model carbon cycle Physical chemical mathematical & earth Sciences Earth sciences & physical geography Physique chimie mathématiques & sciences de la terre Sciences de la terre & géographie physique journal article http://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501 info:eu-repo/semantics/article peer reviewed 2023 ftorbi https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-16-3501-2023 2024-03-27T14:59:09Z peer reviewed The carbon cycle component of the newly developed Earth system model of intermediate complexity CLIMBER-X is presented. The model represents the cycling of carbon through the atmosphere, vegetation, soils, seawater and marine sediments. Exchanges of carbon with geological reservoirs occur through sediment burial, rock weathering and volcanic degassing. The state-of-the-art HAMOCC6 model is employed to simulate ocean biogeochemistry and marine sediment processes. The land model PALADYN simulates the processes related to vegetation and soil carbon dynamics, including permafrost and peatlands. The dust cycle in the model allows for an interactive determination of the input of the micro-nutrient iron into the ocean. A rock weathering scheme is implemented in the model, with the weathering rate depending on lithology, runoff and soil temperature. CLIMBER-X includes a simple representation of the methane cycle, with explicitly modelled natural emissions from land and the assumption of a constant residence time of CH4 in the atmosphere. Carbon isotopes 13C and 14C are tracked through all model compartments and provide a useful diagnostic for model-data comparison. A comprehensive evaluation of the model performance for the present day and the historical period shows that CLIMBER-X is capable of realistically reproducing the historical evolution of atmospheric CO2 and CH4 but also the spatial distribution of carbon on land and the 3D structure of biogeochemical ocean tracers. The analysis of model performance is complemented by an assessment of carbon cycle feedbacks and model sensitivities compared to state-of-the-art Coupled Model Intercomparison Project Phase 6 (CMIP6) models. Enabling an interactive carbon cycle in CLIMBER-X results in a relatively minor slow-down of model computational performance by ∼20 % compared to a throughput of ∼10 000 simulation years per day on a single node with 16 CPUs on a high-performance computer in a climate-only model set-up. CLIMBER-X is therefore well suited to ... Article in Journal/Newspaper permafrost University of Liège: ORBi (Open Repository and Bibliography) Geoscientific Model Development 16 12 3501 3534 |
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peer reviewed The carbon cycle component of the newly developed Earth system model of intermediate complexity CLIMBER-X is presented. The model represents the cycling of carbon through the atmosphere, vegetation, soils, seawater and marine sediments. Exchanges of carbon with geological reservoirs occur through sediment burial, rock weathering and volcanic degassing. The state-of-the-art HAMOCC6 model is employed to simulate ocean biogeochemistry and marine sediment processes. The land model PALADYN simulates the processes related to vegetation and soil carbon dynamics, including permafrost and peatlands. The dust cycle in the model allows for an interactive determination of the input of the micro-nutrient iron into the ocean. A rock weathering scheme is implemented in the model, with the weathering rate depending on lithology, runoff and soil temperature. CLIMBER-X includes a simple representation of the methane cycle, with explicitly modelled natural emissions from land and the assumption of a constant residence time of CH4 in the atmosphere. Carbon isotopes 13C and 14C are tracked through all model compartments and provide a useful diagnostic for model-data comparison. A comprehensive evaluation of the model performance for the present day and the historical period shows that CLIMBER-X is capable of realistically reproducing the historical evolution of atmospheric CO2 and CH4 but also the spatial distribution of carbon on land and the 3D structure of biogeochemical ocean tracers. The analysis of model performance is complemented by an assessment of carbon cycle feedbacks and model sensitivities compared to state-of-the-art Coupled Model Intercomparison Project Phase 6 (CMIP6) models. Enabling an interactive carbon cycle in CLIMBER-X results in a relatively minor slow-down of model computational performance by ∼20 % compared to a throughput of ∼10 000 simulation years per day on a single node with 16 CPUs on a high-performance computer in a climate-only model set-up. CLIMBER-X is therefore well suited to ... |
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Willeit, Matteo Ilyina, Tatiana Liu, Bo Heinze, Christoph Perrette, Mahé Heinemann, Malte Dalmonech, Daniela Brovkin, Victor Munhoven, Guy Börker, Janine Hartmann, Jens Romero-Mujalli, Gibran Ganopolski, Andrey |
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Willeit, Matteo Ilyina, Tatiana Liu, Bo Heinze, Christoph Perrette, Mahé Heinemann, Malte Dalmonech, Daniela Brovkin, Victor Munhoven, Guy Börker, Janine Hartmann, Jens Romero-Mujalli, Gibran Ganopolski, Andrey |
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The Earth system model CLIMBER-X v1.0 - Part 2: The global carbon cycle |
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The Earth system model CLIMBER-X v1.0 - Part 2: The global carbon cycle |
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The Earth system model CLIMBER-X v1.0 - Part 2: The global carbon cycle |
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