دورية أكاديمية

Evaluation of soil carbon simulation in CMIP6 Earth system models

التفاصيل البيبلوغرافية
العنوان: Evaluation of soil carbon simulation in CMIP6 Earth system models
المؤلفون: R. M. Varney, S. E. Chadburn, E. J. Burke, P. M. Cox
المصدر: Biogeosciences, Vol 19, Pp 4671-4704 (2022)
بيانات النشر: Copernicus Publications, 2022.
سنة النشر: 2022
المجموعة: LCC:Ecology
LCC:Life
LCC:Geology
مصطلحات موضوعية: Ecology, QH540-549.5, Life, QH501-531, Geology, QE1-996.5
الوصف: The response of soil carbon represents one of the key uncertainties in future climate change. The ability of Earth system models (ESMs) to simulate present-day soil carbon is therefore vital for reliably estimating global carbon budgets required for Paris Agreement targets. In this study CMIP6 ESMs are evaluated against empirical datasets to assess the ability of each model to simulate soil carbon and related controls: net primary productivity (NPP) and soil carbon turnover time (τs). Comparing CMIP6 with the previous generation of models (CMIP5), a lack of consistency in modelled soil carbon remains, particularly the underestimation of northern high-latitude soil carbon stocks. There is a robust improvement in the simulation of NPP in CMIP6 compared with CMIP5; however, an unrealistically high correlation with soil carbon stocks remains, suggesting the potential for an overestimation of the long-term terrestrial carbon sink. Additionally, the same improvements are not seen in the simulation of τs. These results suggest that much of the uncertainty associated with modelled soil carbon stocks can be attributed to the simulation of below-ground processes, and greater emphasis is required on improving the representation of below-ground soil processes in future developments of models. These improvements would help to reduce the uncertainty in projected carbon release from global soils under climate change and to increase confidence in the carbon budgets associated with different levels of global warming.
نوع الوثيقة: article
وصف الملف: electronic resource
اللغة: English
تدمد: 1726-4170
1726-4189
Relation: https://bg.copernicus.org/articles/19/4671/2022/bg-19-4671-2022.pdf; https://doaj.org/toc/1726-4170; https://doaj.org/toc/1726-4189
DOI: 10.5194/bg-19-4671-2022
URL الوصول: https://doaj.org/article/7c75491393fc4bf5b2cf073bcce6e301
رقم الأكسشن: edsdoj.7c75491393fc4bf5b2cf073bcce6e301
قاعدة البيانات: Directory of Open Access Journals
الوصف
تدمد:17264170
17264189
DOI:10.5194/bg-19-4671-2022