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BIOGEOSCIENCES
卷 13, 期 17, 页码 5043-5056出版社
COPERNICUS GESELLSCHAFT MBH
DOI: 10.5194/bg-13-5043-2016
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- US Department of Energy, BER under RGCM program
- NGEE-Arctic project [DE-AC02-05CH11231]
- Division of Polar Programs of the National Science Foundation (NSF) [1204263]
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Department of Energy (DOE) [DE-SC005160]
- NSF Division of Polar Programs
- Natural Environment Research Council [NE/P002552/1] Funding Source: researchfish
- Directorate For Geosciences
- Office of Polar Programs (OPP) [1503912] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
- Division Of Environmental Biology
- Direct For Biological Sciences [1026415] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
- NERC [NE/P002552/1] Funding Source: UKRI
Wetlands are the largest global natural methane (CH4) source, and emissions between 50 and 70 degrees N latitude contribute 10-30% to this source. Predictive capability of land models for northern wetland CH4 emissions is still low due to limited site measurements, strong spatial and temporal variability in emissions, and complex hydrological and biogeochemical dynamics. To explore this issue, we compare wetland CH4 emission predictions from the Community Land Model 4.5 (CLM4.5-BGC) with siteto regional-scale observations. A comparison of the CH4 fluxes with eddy flux data highlighted needed changes to the model's estimate of aerenchyma area, which we implemented and tested. The model modification substantially reduced biases in CH4 emissions when compared with CarbonTracker CH4 predictions. CLM4.5 CH4 emission predictions agree well with growing season (May-September) CarbonTracker Alaskan regional-level CH4 predictions and sitelevel observations. However, CLM4.5 underestimated CH4 emissions in the cold season (October-April). The monthly atmospheric CH4 mole fraction enhancements due to wetland emissions are also assessed using the Weather Research and Forecasting-Stochastic Time-Inverted Lagrangian Transport (WRF-STILT) model coupled with daily emissions from CLM4.5 and compared with aircraft CH4 mole fraction measurements from the Carbon in Arctic Reservoirs Vulnerability Experiment (CARVE) campaign. Both the tower and aircraft analyses confirm the underestimate of cold-season CH4 emissions by CLM4.5. The greatest uncertainties in predicting the seasonal CH4 cycle are from the wetland extent, cold-season CH4 production and CH4 transport processes. We recommend more cold-season experimental studies in high-latitude systems, which could improve the understanding and parameterization of ecosystem structure and function during this period. Predicted CH4 emissions remain uncertain, but we show here that benchmarking against observations across spatial scales can inform model structural and parameter improvements.
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