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Remove preindustrial CO2 parameter #48

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stephpenn1 opened this issue Jan 5, 2022 · 5 comments · Fixed by #51
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Remove preindustrial CO2 parameter #48

stephpenn1 opened this issue Jan 5, 2022 · 5 comments · Fixed by #51

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@stephpenn1
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From @bpbond: "I'm not sure it makes sense to let users adjust this...? It's a very precisely known historical quantity."

Variable in Hector: pco2

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It is a fairly well known historical quantity. There is an error bar associated with it. There are slightly different interpretations of what this should be.

@stephpenn1
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@ssmithClimate what are your thoughts on having this removed in the tunable HectorUI parameters?

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bpbond commented Jan 5, 2022

The other thing is, this doesn't matter (at least, not very much). Hector's carbon dynamics are ultimately determined by the total amount of C in the earth system and the first-order relationships between them, e.g. how much the land responds to CO2 enrichment. If you change the preindustrial CO2 value the model is going to re-equilibrate during the historical transient period anyway.

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bpbond commented Jan 5, 2022

...I just mean, it can be in hectorui of course, but I think it'll have a very small effect on model runs.

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Agree that that's not a critical parameter for hectorUI. (Sorry I didn't see the context...)

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