LPJmL4 – a dynamic global vegetation model with managed land – part 1: model description

  • This paper provides a comprehensive description of the newest version of the Dynamic Global Vegetation Model with managed Land, LPJmL4. This model simulates – internally consistently – the growth and productivity of both natural and agricultural vegetation as coherently linked through their water, carbon, and energy fluxes. These features render LPJmL4 suitable for assessing a broad range of feedbacks within and impacts upon the terrestrial biosphere as increasingly shaped by human activities such as climate change and land use change. Here we describe the core model structure, including recently developed modules now unified in LPJmL4. Thereby, we also review LPJmL model developments and evaluations in the field of permafrost, human and ecological water demand, and improved representation of crop types. We summarize and discuss LPJmL model applications dealing with the impacts of historical and future environmental change on the terrestrial biosphere at regional and global scale andThis paper provides a comprehensive description of the newest version of the Dynamic Global Vegetation Model with managed Land, LPJmL4. This model simulates – internally consistently – the growth and productivity of both natural and agricultural vegetation as coherently linked through their water, carbon, and energy fluxes. These features render LPJmL4 suitable for assessing a broad range of feedbacks within and impacts upon the terrestrial biosphere as increasingly shaped by human activities such as climate change and land use change. Here we describe the core model structure, including recently developed modules now unified in LPJmL4. Thereby, we also review LPJmL model developments and evaluations in the field of permafrost, human and ecological water demand, and improved representation of crop types. We summarize and discuss LPJmL model applications dealing with the impacts of historical and future environmental change on the terrestrial biosphere at regional and global scale and provide a comprehensive overview of LPJmL publications since the first model description in 2007. To demonstrate the main features of the LPJmL4 model, we display reference simulation results for key processes such as the current global distribution of natural and managed ecosystems, their productivities, and associated water fluxes. A thorough evaluation of the model is provided in a companion paper. By making the model source code freely available at https://gitlab.pik-potsdam.de/lpjml/LPJmL, we hope to stimulate the application and further development of LPJmL4 across scientific communities in support of major activities such as the IPCC and SDG process.show moreshow less

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Author:Sibyll Schaphoff, Werner von Bloh, Anja Rammig, Kirsten Thonicke, Hester Biemans, Matthias Forkel, Dieter Gerten, Jens Heinke, Jonas Jägermeyr, Jürgen Knauer, Fanny Langerwisch, Wolfgang Lucht, Christoph Müller, Susanne Rolinski, Katharina WahaORCiDGND
URN:urn:nbn:de:bvb:384-opus4-1083330
Frontdoor URLhttps://opus.bibliothek.uni-augsburg.de/opus4/108333
ISSN:1991-9603OPAC
Parent Title (English):Geoscientific Model Development
Publisher:Copernicus
Place of publication:Göttingen
Type:Article
Language:English
Year of first Publication:2018
Publishing Institution:Universität Augsburg
Release Date:2023/10/16
Volume:11
Issue:4
First Page:1343
Last Page:1375
DOI:https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-11-1343-2018
Institutes:Fakultät für Angewandte Informatik
Fakultätsübergreifende Institute und Einrichtungen
Fakultät für Angewandte Informatik / Institut für Geographie
Fakultätsübergreifende Institute und Einrichtungen / Zentrum für Klimaresilienz
Fakultät für Angewandte Informatik / Institut für Geographie / Lehrstuhl für Klimaresilienz von Kulturökosystemen
Dewey Decimal Classification:5 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik / 55 Geowissenschaften, Geologie / 550 Geowissenschaften
Licence (German):CC-BY 4.0: Creative Commons: Namensnennung (mit Print on Demand)