Articles | Volume 15, issue 15
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-15-4683-2018
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-15-4683-2018
Research article
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01 Aug 2018
Research article |  | 01 Aug 2018

An assessment of natural methane fluxes simulated by the CLASS-CTEM model

Vivek K. Arora, Joe R. Melton, and David Plummer

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Short summary
Earth system models (ESMs) project future changes in climate in response to changes in anthropogenic emissions of greenhouse gases (GHGs). However, before this can be achieved the natural fluxes of a given GHG must also be modelled. This paper evaluates the natural methane fluxes simulated by the CLASS-CTEM model (which is the land component of the Canadian ESM) against observations to show that the simulated methane emissions from wetlands and fires, and soil uptake of methane are realistic.
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