Impact of model developments on present and future simulations of permafrost in a global land-surface model

• Published in: The Cryosphere
• Main Authors: S. E. Chadburn, E. J. Burke, R. L. H. Essery, J. Boike, M. Langer, M. Heikenfeld, P. M. Cox, P. Friedlingstein
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Copernicus Publications 2015
• Subjects: geo; envir; Jules; Active layer monitoring; permafrost; The Cryosphere
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-9-1505-2015; http://www.the-cryosphere.net/9/1505/2015/tc-9-1505-2015.pdf; https://doaj.org/article/757ea2cedbd94d94aeceeebf6ba7ba8d

There is a large amount of organic carbon stored in permafrost in the northern high latitudes, which may become vulnerable to microbial decomposition under future climate warming. In order to estimate this potential carbon–climate feedback it is necessary to correctly simulate the physical dynamics...