Process-oriented modelling to identify main drivers of erosion-induced carbon fluxes

Wilken, Florian; Sommer, Michael; Van Oost, Kristof; Bens, Oliver; Fiener, Peter

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-3-83-2017

Articles | Volume 3, issue 2

https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-3-83-2017

© Author(s) 2017. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-3-83-2017

© Author(s) 2017. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 3, issue 2

Original research article

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05 May 2017

Original research article |

| 05 May 2017

Process-oriented modelling to identify main drivers of erosion-induced carbon fluxes

Florian Wilken, Michael Sommer, Kristof Van Oost, Oliver Bens, and Peter Fiener

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Preprint (discussion started on 23 Nov 2016)

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AC: Author comment | RC: Referee comment | SC: Short comment | EC: Editor comment

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RC1: 'insightfully points out the potential relevance of soil aggregation levels and inter-field capacity in catchment-scale soil-carbon redistribution', Anonymous Referee #1, 27 Dec 2016
RC2: 'Review Comments', Anonymous Referee #2, 04 Feb 2017
AC1: 'Point-by-point_response_RC1', Peter Fiener, 22 Feb 2017
AC2: 'Point-by-point_response_RC2', Peter Fiener, 22 Feb 2017

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AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision

ED: Reconsider after minor revisions (review by Editor) (28 Feb 2017) by Nikolaus J. Kuhn

AR by Peter Fiener on behalf of the Authors (08 Mar 2017)

ED: Publish as is (22 Mar 2017) by Nikolaus J. Kuhn

ED: Publish as is (28 Mar 2017) by John Quinton (Executive editor)

AR by Peter Fiener on behalf of the Authors (30 Mar 2017)

Short summary

Model-based analyses of the effect of soil erosion on carbon (C) dynamics are associated with large uncertainties partly resulting from oversimplifications of erosion processes. This study evaluates the need for process-oriented modelling to analyse erosion-induced C fluxes in different catchments. The results underline the importance of a detailed representation of tillage and water erosion processes. For water erosion, grain-size-specific transport is essential to simulate lateral C fluxes.