Large uncertainty in permafrost carbon stocks due to hillslope soil deposits

• Published in: Geophysical Research Letters
• Main Authors: Shelef, Eitan, Rowland, Joel C., Wilson, Cathy J., Hilley, G. E., Mishra, Umakant, Altmann, Garrett L., Ping, Chien-Lu
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2021
• Subjects: Target Hill; permafrost; Alaska
• Online Access: http://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1481148; https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1481148; https://doi.org/10.1002/2017GL073823

Here, northern circumpolar permafrost soils contain more than a third of the global soil organic carbon pool (SOC). The sensitivity of this carbon pool to a changing climate is a primary source of uncertainty in simulation–based climate projections. These projections, however, do not account for the...