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https://doi.org/10.5194/esd-13-1119-2022
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Estimating the lateral transfer of organic carbon through the European river network using a land surface model
Department Geoscience, Environment & Society-BGEOSYS,
Université libre de Bruxelles, 1050 Brussels, Belgium
Ronny Lauerwald
Université Paris-Saclay, INRAE, AgroParisTech, UMR ECOSYS, 78850,
Thiverval-Grignon, France
Pierre Regnier
Department Geoscience, Environment & Society-BGEOSYS,
Université libre de Bruxelles, 1050 Brussels, Belgium
Philippe Ciais
Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement, IPSL-LSCE
CEA/CNRS/UVSQ, Orme des Merisiers, 91191, Gif sur Yvette, France
Kristof Van Oost
UCLouvain, TECLIM – Georges Lemaître Centre for Earth and Climate
Research, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
Victoria Naipal
EcoAct/ATOS, 35 rue de miromesnil, 75008, Paris, France
Bertrand Guenet
Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement, IPSL-LSCE
CEA/CNRS/UVSQ, Orme des Merisiers, 91191, Gif sur Yvette, France
Wenping Yuan
School of Atmospheric Science, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou,
Guangdong, 510275, China
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We present a land surface model which can simulate the complete lateral transfer of sediment and carbon from land to ocean through rivers. Our model captures the water, sediment, and organic carbon discharges in European rivers well. Application of our model in Europe indicates that lateral carbon transfer can strongly change regional land carbon budgets by affecting organic carbon distribution and soil moisture.
We present a land surface model which can simulate the complete lateral transfer of sediment and...
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