Can-Peat Metadata Record
Title: Peat Profile Database
Citation: Natural Resources Canada. Peat Profile Database. Open Data. https://open.canada.ca/data/en/dataset/e287b0dd-8b07-435b-8a76-0c7ec84ac228
Study Site: Canada
Purpose: Peatlands cover approximately 12% of the Canadian landscape and play an important role in the carbon cycle through their centennial to millennial-scale storage of carbon under waterlogged and anoxic conditions. In recognizing the potential of these ecosystems as natural climate solutions and therefore the need to include them in national greenhouse gas inventories, the Canadian Model for Peatlands module (CaMP v. 2.0) was developed by the Canadian Forest Service.
Abstract: Model parameterization included compiling peat profiles across Canada to calibrate peat decomposition rates from different peatland types, to define typical bulk density profiles, and to describe the hydrological (i.e., water table) response of peatlands to climatic changes. A total of 1,217 sites were included in the dataset from published and unpublished sources.
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Status: In-progress
Keywords:
soil carbon,
peat properties,
biogeochemistry,
Geographical coordinates: North: 83.15, South: 41.909 East: -52.619 West: -141.010
Bounding Temporal Extent: Start Date: 2024-05-23, End
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