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Peter Thornton

Peter Thornton
Biographical information
First name
Peter
Last name
Thornton
Contact information
Email
thorntonpe@ornl.gov
Professional information
ORNL Profile
Affiliation(s)
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Open Researcher and Contributor ID (ORCID)
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4759-5158
Web of Science
B-9145-2012
Project Responsibilities
Project Leadership Role(s)
  • Science Team Leads
Project Leadership Title(s)
  • Modeling & Scale Integration

2021

  • Sulman, Benjamin N., et al. “Integrating Arctic Plant Functional Types in a Land Surface Model Using Above‐ and Belowground Field Observations”. Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems, vol. 13, no. 4, 2021, https://doi.org/10.1029/2020MS002396.
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2019

  • Salmon, Verity G., et al. “Alder Distribution and Expansion across a Tundra Hillslope: Implications for Local N Cycling”. Frontiers in Plant Science, vol. 10, 2019, https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2019.01099.
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  • Wang, Yihui, et al. “Mechanistic Modeling of Microtopographic Impacts on Carbon Dioxide and Methane Fluxes in an Alaskan Tundra Ecosystem Using the CLM‐Microbe Model”. Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems, vol. 11, 2019, p. 17, https://doi.org/10.1029/2019MS001771.
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  • Zheng, Jianqiu, et al. “Modeling Anaerobic Soil Organic Carbon Decomposition in Arctic Polygon Tundra: Insights into Soil Geochemical Influences on Carbon Mineralization”. Biogeosciences, vol. 16, no. 3, 2019, pp. 663-80, https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-16-663-2019.
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2017

  • Xu, Xiaofeng, et al. “Global Pattern and Controls of Soil Microbial Metabolic Quotient”. Ecological Monographs, vol. 87, no. 3, 2017, pp. 429-41, https://doi.org/10.1002/ecm.1258.
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2016

  • Tang, Guoping, et al. “Addressing Numerical Challenges in Introducing a Reactive Transport Code into a Land Surface Model: A Biogeochemical Modeling Proof-of-Concept With CLM–PFLOTRAN 1.0”. Geoscientific Model Development, vol. 9, no. 3, 2016, pp. 927-46, https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-9-927-2016.
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  • Tang, Guoping, et al. “Biogeochemical Model of Carbon Dioxide and Methane Production in Anoxic Arctic Soil Microcosms”. Biogeosciences Discussions, 2016, pp. 1-31, https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-2016-20710.5194/bg-2016-207-supplement10.5194/bg-2016-207-RC110.5194/bg-2016-207-RC210.5194/bg-2016-207-RC310.5194/bg-2016-207-AC110.5194/bg-2016-207-AC2.
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  • Kumar, Jitendra, et al. “Modeling the Spatiotemporal Variability in Subsurface Thermal Regimes across a Low-Relief Polygonal Tundra Landscape”. The Cryosphere, vol. 10, no. 5, 2016, pp. 2241-74, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-2241-2016.
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  • Xu, Xiaofeng, et al. “Reviews and Syntheses: Four Decades of Modeling Methane Cycling in Terrestrial Ecosystems”. Biogeosciences, vol. 13, no. 12, 2016, pp. 3735-5, https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-13-3735-2016.
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2015

  • Xu, Xiaofeng, et al. “A Microbial Functional Group-Based Module for Simulating Methane Production and Consumption: Application to an Incubated Permafrost Soil”. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences, vol. 120, no. 7, 2015, pp. 1315-33, https://doi.org/10.1002/2015JG002935.
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  • Wullschleger, Stan D., et al. “Leaf Respiration (GlobResp) - Global Trait Database Supports Earth System Models”. New Phytologist, vol. 206, no. 2, 2015, pp. 483-5, https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.13364.
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