Continental heat storage: contributions from the ground, inland waters, and permafrost thawing
Heat storage within the Earth system is a fundamental metric for understanding climate change. The current energy imbalance at the top of the atmosphere causes changes in energy storage within the ocean, the atmosphere, the cryosphere, and the continental landmasses. After the ocean, heat storage in...
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ftufz:oai:ufz.de:27053 2023-12-10T09:52:48+01:00 Continental heat storage: contributions from the ground, inland waters, and permafrost thawing Cuesta-Valero, Francisco Jose Beltrami, H. García-García, Almudena Krinner, G. Langer, M. MacDougall, A.H. Nitzbon, J. Peng, Jian von Schuckmann, K. Seneviratne, S.I. Thiery, W. Vanderkelen, I. Wu, T. 2023-05-16 application/pdf https://www.ufz.de/index.php?en=20939&ufzPublicationIdentifier=27053 https://doi.org/10.5194/esd-14-609-2023 en eng Copernicus Publications Earth System Dynamics 14 (3);; 609 - 627 https://doi.org/10.48364/ISIMIP.931371 https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms13603 https://doi.org/10.1890/100125 https://doi.org/10.3402/tellusa.v66.21295 https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7837996 https://www.ufz.de/index.php?en=20939&ufzPublicationIdentifier=27053 https://dx.doi.org/10.5194/esd-14-609-2023 info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess ISSN: 2190-4979 info:eu-repo/semantics/article https://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text 2023 ftufz https://doi.org/10.5194/esd-14-609-202310.48364/ISIMIP.93137110.1038/ncomms1360310.1890/10012510.3402/tellusa.v66.2129510.5281/zenodo.7837996 2023-11-12T23:37:39Z Heat storage within the Earth system is a fundamental metric for understanding climate change. The current energy imbalance at the top of the atmosphere causes changes in energy storage within the ocean, the atmosphere, the cryosphere, and the continental landmasses. After the ocean, heat storage in land is the second largest term of the Earth heat inventory, affecting physical processes relevant to society and ecosystems, such as the stability of the soil carbon pool. Here, we present an update of the continental heat storage, combining for the first time the heat in the land subsurface, inland water bodies, and permafrost thawing. The continental landmasses stored 23.8 ± 2.0 × 1021 J during the period 1960–2020, but the distribution of heat among the three components is not homogeneous. The sensible diffusion of heat through the ground accounts for ∼90 % of the continental heat storage, with inland water bodies and permafrost degradation (i.e. latent heat) accounting for ∼0.7 % and ∼9 % of the continental heat, respectively. Although the inland water bodies and permafrost soils store less heat than the solid ground, we argue that their associated climate phenomena justify their monitoring and inclusion in the Earth heat inventory. Article in Journal/Newspaper permafrost UFZ - Publication Index (Helmholtz-Centre for Environmental Research) |
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Heat storage within the Earth system is a fundamental metric for understanding climate change. The current energy imbalance at the top of the atmosphere causes changes in energy storage within the ocean, the atmosphere, the cryosphere, and the continental landmasses. After the ocean, heat storage in land is the second largest term of the Earth heat inventory, affecting physical processes relevant to society and ecosystems, such as the stability of the soil carbon pool. Here, we present an update of the continental heat storage, combining for the first time the heat in the land subsurface, inland water bodies, and permafrost thawing. The continental landmasses stored 23.8 ± 2.0 × 1021 J during the period 1960–2020, but the distribution of heat among the three components is not homogeneous. The sensible diffusion of heat through the ground accounts for ∼90 % of the continental heat storage, with inland water bodies and permafrost degradation (i.e. latent heat) accounting for ∼0.7 % and ∼9 % of the continental heat, respectively. Although the inland water bodies and permafrost soils store less heat than the solid ground, we argue that their associated climate phenomena justify their monitoring and inclusion in the Earth heat inventory. |
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Cuesta-Valero, Francisco Jose Beltrami, H. García-García, Almudena Krinner, G. Langer, M. MacDougall, A.H. Nitzbon, J. Peng, Jian von Schuckmann, K. Seneviratne, S.I. Thiery, W. Vanderkelen, I. Wu, T. |
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Cuesta-Valero, Francisco Jose Beltrami, H. García-García, Almudena Krinner, G. Langer, M. MacDougall, A.H. Nitzbon, J. Peng, Jian von Schuckmann, K. Seneviratne, S.I. Thiery, W. Vanderkelen, I. Wu, T. Continental heat storage: contributions from the ground, inland waters, and permafrost thawing |
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Cuesta-Valero, Francisco Jose Beltrami, H. García-García, Almudena Krinner, G. Langer, M. MacDougall, A.H. Nitzbon, J. Peng, Jian von Schuckmann, K. Seneviratne, S.I. Thiery, W. Vanderkelen, I. Wu, T. |
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Continental heat storage: contributions from the ground, inland waters, and permafrost thawing |
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Continental heat storage: contributions from the ground, inland waters, and permafrost thawing |
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Continental heat storage: contributions from the ground, inland waters, and permafrost thawing |
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Continental heat storage: contributions from the ground, inland waters, and permafrost thawing |
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Continental heat storage: contributions from the ground, inland waters, and permafrost thawing |
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continental heat storage: contributions from the ground, inland waters, and permafrost thawing |
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