Methane fluxes from Arctic & boreal North America: comparisons between process-based estimates and atmospheric observations
Hanyu Liu,Misa Ishizawa,Felix R. Vogel,Zhen Zhang,Benjamin Poulter,Leyang Feng,Ao Chen,Anna L. Gagné-Landmann,Deborah N. Huntzinger,Joe R. Melton,Vineet Yadav,Dylan C. Gaeta,Ziting Huang,Douglas E. J. Worthy,Douglas Chan,and Scot M. Miller
We find that the state-of-the-art process-based methane flux models have both lower flux magnitude and reduced inter-model uncertainty compared to a previous model inter-comparison from over a decade ago. Despite these improvements, methane flux estimates from process-based models are still likely too high compared to atmospheric observations. We also find that models with simpler parameterizations often result in better agreement with atmospheric observations in high-latitude North America.
We find that the state-of-the-art process-based methane flux models have both lower flux...