Articles | Volume 13, issue 5
https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-13-2259-2020
https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-13-2259-2020
Model evaluation paper
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13 May 2020
Model evaluation paper |  | 13 May 2020

Evaluating integrated surface/subsurface permafrost thermal hydrology models in ATS (v0.88) against observations from a polygonal tundra site

Ahmad Jan, Ethan T. Coon, and Scott L. Painter

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AR by Svenja Lange on behalf of the Authors (21 Feb 2020)  Author's response
ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (29 Feb 2020) by Christoph Müller
RR by Anonymous Referee #2 (03 Mar 2020)
RR by Anonymous Referee #1 (07 Mar 2020)
ED: Publish subject to technical corrections (24 Mar 2020) by Christoph Müller
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Short summary
Computer simulations are important tools for understanding the response of Arctic permafrost to a warming climate. To build confidence in an emerging class of permafrost simulators, we evaluated the Advanced Terrestrial Simulator against field observations from a frozen tundra site near Utqiaġvik (formerly Barrow), Alaska. The 3-year simulations agree well with observations of snow depth, summer water table, soil temperature at multiple locations, and spatially averaged evaporation.