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Research article
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17 Nov 2017
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| 17 Nov 2017
Carbon stocks and fluxes in the high latitudes: using site-level data to evaluate Earth system models
Sarah E. Chadburn
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
University of Leeds, School of Earth and Environment, Leeds LS2 9JT, UK
University of Exeter, College of Engineering, Mathematics and Physical sciences, Exeter EX4 4QF, UK
Gerhard Krinner
CNRS, University Grenoble Alpes, IGE, Grenoble, France
Philipp Porada
Department of Environmental Science and Analytical Chemistry, Stockholm University, 10691 Stockholm, Sweden
Bolin Centre for Climate Research, Stockholm University, 10691 Stockholm, Sweden
Annett Bartsch
Department of Geodesy and Geoinformation, Vienna University of Technology, Vienna, Austria
Cryosphere & Climate, Austrian Polar Research Institute, Vienna, Austria
Christian Beer
Department of Environmental Science and Analytical Chemistry, Stockholm University, 10691 Stockholm, Sweden
Bolin Centre for Climate Research, Stockholm University, 10691 Stockholm, Sweden
Luca Belelli Marchesini
School of Natural Sciences, Far Eastern Federal University, Vladivostok, Russia
Department of Earth Sciences, Vrije Universiteit (VU), Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Julia Boike
Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI), 14473 Potsdam, Germany
Altug Ekici
Uni Research Climate and Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research, Bergen, Norway
Bo Elberling
Center for Permafrost (CENPERM), Department of Geosciences and Natural Resource Management, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
Thomas Friborg
Center for Permafrost (CENPERM), Department of Geosciences and Natural Resource Management, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
Gustaf Hugelius
Department of Physical Geography, Stockholm University, 10691 Stockholm, Sweden
Margareta Johansson
Department of Physical Geography and Ecosystem Science, Lund University, Sölvegatan 12, 223 62 Lund, Sweden
Peter Kuhry
Department of Physical Geography, Stockholm University, 10691 Stockholm, Sweden
Lars Kutzbach
Institute of Soil Science, Center for Earth System Research and Sustainability, Universität Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
Moritz Langer
Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI), 14473 Potsdam, Germany
Magnus Lund
Department of Bioscience, Arctic Research Center, Aarhus University, Frederiksborgvej 399, 4000 Roskilde, Denmark
Frans-Jan W. Parmentier
Department of Arctic and Marine Biology, UiT – The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, Norway
University of Oslo, Department of Geosciences, P.O. Box 1047 Blindern, 0316 Oslo, Norway
Shushi Peng
CNRS, University Grenoble Alpes, IGE, Grenoble, France
Sino-French Institute for Earth System Science, College of Urban and Environmental Sciences, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
Ko Van Huissteden
Department of Earth Sciences, Vrije Universiteit (VU), Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Tao Wang
Key Laboratory of Alpine Ecology and Biodiversity, Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research and Center for Excellence in Tibetan Plateau Earth Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100085, China
Sebastian Westermann
University of Oslo, Department of Geosciences, P.O. Box 1047 Blindern, 0316 Oslo, Norway
Dan Zhu
Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement, LSCE CEA CNRS UVSQ, Gif-Sur-Yvette, France
Eleanor J. Burke
Met Office Hadley Centre, Fitzroy Road, Exeter EX1 3PB, UK
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Short summary
Earth system models (ESMs) are our main tools for understanding future climate. The Arctic is important for the future carbon cycle, particularly due to the large carbon stocks in permafrost. We evaluated the performance of the land component of three major ESMs at Arctic tundra sites, focusing on the fluxes and stocks of carbon.
We show that the next steps for model improvement are to better represent vegetation dynamics, to include mosses and to improve below-ground carbon cycle processes.
Earth system models (ESMs) are our main tools for understanding future climate. The Arctic is...
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