Calibrated Hydrothermal Parameters, Barrow, Alaska, 2013

A model-observation-experiment process (ModEx) is used to generate three 1D models of characteristic micro-topographical land-formations, which are capable of simulating present active layer thickness (ALT) from current climate conditions. Each column was used in a coupled calibration to identify mo...

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Main Authors: Painter, Scott, Liljedahl, Anna, Harp, Dylan, Coon, Ethan, Atchley, Adam, Romanovsky, Vladimir, Wilson, Cathy
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Published: 2019
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Online Access:http://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1167674
https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1167674
https://doi.org/10.5440/1167674
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Summary:A model-observation-experiment process (ModEx) is used to generate three 1D models of characteristic micro-topographical land-formations, which are capable of simulating present active layer thickness (ALT) from current climate conditions. Each column was used in a coupled calibration to identify moss, peat and mineral soil hydrothermal properties to be used in up-scaled simulations. Observational soil temperature data from a tundra site located near Barrow, AK (Area C) is used to calibrate thermal properties of moss, peat, and sandy loam soil to be used in the multiphysics Advanced Terrestrial Simulator (ATS) models. Simulation results are a list of calibrated hydrothermal parameters for moss, peat, and mineral soil hydrothermal parameters. Dataset DOI:10.5440/1167674; https://doi.org/10.5440/1167674