Soil Methanotrophy Model (MeMo v1.0): a process-based model to quantify global uptake of atmospheric methane by soil

Murguia-Flores, Fabiola; Arndt, Sandra; Ganesan, Anita L.; Murray-Tortarolo, Guillermo; Hornibrook, Edward R. C.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-11-2009-2018

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https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-11-2009-2018

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https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-11-2009-2018

© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
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Articles | Volume 11, issue 6

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04 Jun 2018

Model description paper |

| 04 Jun 2018

Soil Methanotrophy Model (MeMo v1.0): a process-based model to quantify global uptake of atmospheric methane by soil

Fabiola Murguia-Flores, Sandra Arndt, Anita L. Ganesan, Guillermo Murray-Tortarolo, and Edward R. C. Hornibrook

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RC1: 'Review of “Soil Methanotrophy Model (MeMo v1.0): a process-based model to quantify global uptake of atmospheric methane by soil”', Anonymous Referee #1, 03 Jul 2017
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ED: Reconsider after major revisions (28 Feb 2018) by Tomomichi Kato

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Soil bacteria known as methanotrophs are the only biological sink for atmospheric methane (CH₄). Their activity depends on climatic and edaphic conditions, thus varies spatially and temporarily. Based on this, we developed a model (MeMo v1.0) to assess the global CH₄ consumption by soils. The global CH₄ uptake was 33.5 Tg CH₄ yr^-1 for 1990–2009, with an increasing trend of 0.1 Tg CH₄ yr^-2. The regional analysis proved that warm and semiarid regions represent the most efficient CH₄ sink.