Title: Hydrology controls thermokarst and alters carbon cycling and methane emissions in peatlands near the southern limit of permafrost: Model Inputs and Outputs
Citation: Shirley I ; Mekonnen Z ; Grant R ; Detto M ; Gosselin G H ; Talbot J ; Sonnentag O ; Dafflon B ; Riley W (2025): Hydrology controls thermokarst and alters carbon cycling and methane emissions in peatlands near the southern limit of permafrost: Model Inputs and Outputs. Next-Generation Ecosystem Experiments (NGEE) Arctic, ESS-DIVE repository. Dataset. doi:10.15485/2588214
Study Site: The Canadian town of Peace River, Alberta
Purpose: This dataset contains model inputs and simulation outputs associated with the study “Hydrology controls thermokarst and alters carbon cycling and methane emissions in peatlands near the southern limit of permafrost.”
Abstract: The ecosys model was extended to represent thermokarst processes in laterally coupled two-dimensional transects and applied to the Scotty Creek basin (Northwest Territories, Canada).
Supplemental Information Summary: The ecosys model and documentation is available for download at https://github.com/jinyun1tang/ECOSYS. The dataset contains the inputs used to run the model for this study (meteorological forcing data (1950–2018) and site-specific soil and vegetation parameters) and model outputs used to generate Figure 3 and Figure 4 in the paper (simulated ground thermal and hydrologic states, vegetation dynamics, and carbon fluxes).
Research: Next-Generation Ecosystem Experiments (NGEE) Arctic
Further Info: Shirley et al. (2025). Hydrology controls thermokarst and alters carbon cycling and methane emissions in peatlands near the southern limit of permafrost. Environmental Research Letters. DOI 10.1088/1748-9326/ae0fad
Status: Complete
Keywords:
methane,
meteorology,
hydrology,
peat properties,
modeling,
Permafrost,
vegetation,
Geographical coordinates: North: 61.3, South: 61.3 East: -121.3 West: -121.3
Bounding Temporal Extent: Start Date: 1950-01-01, End
Date: 2017-12-31
