Response of microbial decomposition to spin-up explains CMIP5 soil carbon range until 2100

Soil carbon storage simulated by the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project (CMIP5) models varies 6-fold for the present day. Here, we confirm earlier work showing that this range already exists at the beginning of the CMIP5 historical simulations. We additionally show that this range is largely dete...

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Main Authors: J.-F. Exbrayat, A. J. Pitman, G. Abramowitz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2014-11-01
Series:Geoscientific Model Development
Online Access:http://www.geosci-model-dev.net/7/2683/2014/gmd-7-2683-2014.pdf