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https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-465-2016
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-465-2016
Research article
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01 Mar 2016
Research article |  | 01 Mar 2016

The importance of a surface organic layer in simulating permafrost thermal and carbon dynamics

Elchin Jafarov and Kevin Schaefer

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To improve the uncertainty in modeling of the permafrost carbon emission associated with the predicted climate warming, it is important to improve the simulation of the current permafrost carbon stock. This work shows how simulation of the frozen carbon in land system models can be improved by better addressing the coupling between plant photosynthesis, soil biogeochemistry, and soil thermodynamics.