Present state of global wetland extent and wetland methane modelling: conclusions from a model inter-comparison project (WETCHIMP)
Environment and Climate Change Canada · École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne · +19 more institutions
Abstract
Abstract. Global wetlands are believed to be climate sensitive, and are the largest natural emitters of methane (CH4). Increased wetland CH4 emissions could act as a positive feedback to future warming. The Wetland and Wetland CH4 Inter-comparison of Models Project (WETCHIMP) investigated our present ability to simulate large-scale wetland characteristics and corresponding CH4 emissions. To ensure inter-comparability, we used a common experimental protocol driving all models with the same climate and carbon dioxide (CO2) forcing datasets. The WETCHIMP experiments were conducted for model equilibrium states as well as transient simulations covering the last century. Sensitivity experiments investigated model…
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- 58.12
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- 100%
- References
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Authors
24- JRJoe R. MeltonCorresponding
Environment and Climate Change Canada, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
- RWR. Wania
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Université de Montpellier, Institut des Sciences de l'Evolution de Montpellier
- ELE. L. Hodson
Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research
- BPBenjamin Poulter
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, Commissariat à l'Énergie Atomique et aux Énergies Alternatives, Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement
- BRBruno Ringeval
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, Commissariat à l'Énergie Atomique et aux Énergies Alternatives, University of Bristol, Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement
Topics & keywords
- Wetland
- Environmental science
- Greenhouse gas
- Climate change
- Forcing (mathematics)
- Precipitation
- Methane
- Climatology
- Climate action
Funding
- NSNational Science FoundationAwards: 1107981, DE-AC02-05CH11231
- UDU.S. Department of EnergyAwards: -AC02-05CH11231, Contract No. DE-AC02-05CH11231, 05CH11231, No. DE-AC02-05CH11231, AC02-05CH11231, DE-AC02, DE-AC02-05CH11231, DE-AC02-
- NANational Aeronautics and Space AdministrationAwards: DE-AC02-05CH11231, NNX08AH97G
- SRSight Research UKAward: NE/I010912/1
- SNSchweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen ForschungAwards: 39193, 119049, PP00P2
- RFRussian Foundation for Basic Research
- CCCompetence Center Environment and Sustainability
- MMax-Planck-Gesellschaft
- OOOffice of ScienceAwards: AC02-05CH11231, -AC02-05CH11231, DE-AC02, No. DE-AC02-05CH11231, Contract No. DE-AC02-05CH11231
- NENatural Environment Research CouncilAwards: NE/I010912/1, DE-AC02-05CH11231, NE/I010912/1
- RARussian Academy of Sciences
- BABiological and Environmental ResearchAwards: 05CH11231, No. DE-AC02-05CH11231, Contract No. DE-AC02-05CH11231, DE-AC02-05CH11231, AC02-05CH11231
- LBLawrence Berkeley National LaboratoryAwards: DE-AC02-05CH11231, No. DE-AC02-05CH11231, Contract No. DE-AC02-05CH11231, 05CH11231, AC02-05CH11231