Articles | Volume 9, issue 4
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-9-1505-2015
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-9-1505-2015
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07 Aug 2015
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Impact of model developments on present and future simulations of permafrost in a global land-surface model

S. E. Chadburn, E. J. Burke, R. L. H. Essery, J. Boike, M. Langer, M. Heikenfeld, P. M. Cox, and P. Friedlingstein

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In this paper we use a global land-surface model to study the dynamics of Arctic permafrost. We examine the impact of new and improved processes in the model, namely soil depth and resolution, organic soils, moss and the representation of snow. These improvements make the simulated soil temperatures and thaw depth significantly more realistic. Simulations under future climate scenarios show that permafrost thaws more slowly in the new model version, but still a large amount is lost by 2100.