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Present state of global wetland extent and wetland methane modelling: conclusions from a model inter-comparison project (WETCHIMP)

dc.contributor.authorMELTON, J.
dc.contributor.authorWANIA, R.
dc.contributor.authorHODSON, E.
hal.structure.identifierLaboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement [Gif-sur-Yvette] [LSCE]
dc.contributor.authorPOULTER, B.
hal.structure.identifierInteractions Sol Plante Atmosphère [UMR ISPA]
hal.structure.identifierLaboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement [Gif-sur-Yvette] [LSCE]
dc.contributor.authorRINGEVAL, Bruno
hal.structure.identifierClimate and Environmental Physics [Bern] [CEP]
dc.contributor.authorSPAHNI, R.
hal.structure.identifierArizona State University [Tempe] [ASU]
dc.contributor.authorBOHN, T.
dc.contributor.authorAVIS, C
dc.contributor.authorBEERLING, D
dc.contributor.authorCHEN, G.
dc.contributor.authorELISEEV, A
dc.contributor.authorDENISOV, S.
dc.contributor.authorHOPCROFT, P.
dc.contributor.authorLETTENMAIER, D
dc.contributor.authorRILEY, W
dc.contributor.authorSINGARAYER, J.
dc.contributor.authorSUBIN, Z.
dc.contributor.authorTIAN, H.
dc.contributor.authorURCHER, S
dc.contributor.authorBROVKIN, V.
dc.contributor.authorVAN BODEGOM, P.
dc.contributor.authorKLEINEN, T.
dc.contributor.authorYU, Z.
dc.contributor.authorKAPLAN, J.
dc.date.accessioned2024-04-08T12:08:51Z
dc.date.available2024-04-08T12:08:51Z
dc.date.issued2013
dc.identifier.issn1726-4170
dc.identifier.urihttps://oskar-bordeaux.fr/handle/20.500.12278/196542
dc.description.abstractEnGlobal wetlands are believed to be climate sensitive , and are the largest natural emitters of methane (CH 4). Increased wetland CH 4 emissions could act as a positive feedback to future warming. The Wetland and Wetland CH 4 Inter-comparison of Models Project (WETCHIMP) investigated our present ability to simulate large-scale wetland characteristics and corresponding CH 4 emissions. To ensure inter-comparability, we used a common experimental protocol driving all models with the same climate and carbon dioxide (CO 2) forcing datasets. The WETCHIMP experiments Published by Copernicus Publications on behalf of the European Geosciences Union. 754 J. R. Melton et al.: WETCHIMP conclusions were conducted for model equilibrium states as well as transient simulations covering the last century. Sensitivity experiments investigated model response to changes in selected forcing inputs (precipitation, temperature, and atmospheric CO 2 concentration). Ten models participated, covering the spectrum from simple to relatively complex, including models tailored either for regional or global simulations. The models also varied in methods to calculate wetland size and location, with some models simulating wetland area prog-nostically, while other models relied on remotely sensed in-undation datasets, or an approach intermediate between the two. Four major conclusions emerged from the project. First, the suite of models demonstrate extensive disagreement in their simulations of wetland areal extent and CH 4 emissions, in both space and time. Simple metrics of wetland area, such as the latitudinal gradient, show large variability, principally between models that use inundation dataset information and those that independently determine wetland area. Agreement between the models improves for zonally summed CH 4 emissions, but large variation between the models remains. For annual global CH 4 emissions, the models vary by ±40 % of the all-model mean (190 Tg CH 4 yr −1). Second, all models show a strong positive response to increased atmospheric CO 2 concentrations (857 ppm) in both CH 4 emissions and wetland area. In response to increasing global temperatures (+3.4 • C globally spatially uniform), on average, the models decreased wetland area and CH 4 fluxes, primarily in the tropics, but the magnitude and sign of the response varied greatly. Models were least sensitive to increased global precipitation (+3.9 % globally spatially uniform) with a consistent small positive response in CH 4 fluxes and wetland area. Results from the 20th century transient simulation show that interactions between climate forcings could have strong non-linear effects. Third, we presently do not have sufficient wetland methane observation datasets adequate to evaluate model fluxes at a spatial scale comparable to model grid cells (commonly 0.5 •). This limitation severely restricts our ability to model global wetland CH 4 emissions with confidence. Our simulated wetland extents are also difficult to evaluate due to extensive disagreements between wetland mapping and remotely sensed inundation datasets. Fourth, the large range in predicted CH 4 emission rates leads to the conclusion that there is both substantial parameter and structural uncertainty in large-scale CH 4 emission models, even after uncertainties in wetland areas are accounted for.
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherEuropean Geosciences Union
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/
dc.title.enPresent state of global wetland extent and wetland methane modelling: conclusions from a model inter-comparison project (WETCHIMP)
dc.typeArticle de revue
dc.identifier.doi10.5194/bg-10-753-2013
dc.subject.halSciences de l'environnement/Milieux et Changements globaux
dc.subject.halPlanète et Univers [physics]/Océan, Atmosphère
bordeaux.journalBiogeosciences
bordeaux.page753-788
bordeaux.volume10
bordeaux.hal.laboratoriesInteractions Soil Plant Atmosphere (ISPA) - UMR 1391*
bordeaux.issue2
bordeaux.institutionBordeaux Sciences Agro
bordeaux.institutionINRAE
bordeaux.peerReviewedoui
hal.identifierhal-01806751
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hal.audienceInternationale
hal.origin.linkhttps://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr//hal-01806751v1
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