Modelling the role of agriculture for the 20th century global terrestrial carbon balance
Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research · Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement · +3 more institutions
Abstract
Abstract In order to better assess the role of agriculture within the global climate‐vegetation system, we present a model of the managed planetary land surface, Lund–Potsdam–Jena managed Land (LPJmL), which simulates biophysical and biogeochemical processes as well as productivity and yield of the most important crops worldwide, using a concept of crop functional types (CFTs). Based on the LPJ‐Dynamic Global Vegetation Model, LPJmL simulates the transient changes in carbon and water cycles due to land use, the specific phenology and seasonal CO 2 fluxes of agricultural‐dominated areas, and the production of crops and grazing land. It uses 13 CFTs (11 arable crops and two managed grass types), with specific…
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Authors
11- ABAlberte BondeauCorresponding
Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research
- PCP. C. Smith
Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research
- SZSönke Zaehle
Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research
- SSSibyll Schaphoff
Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research
- WLWolfgang Lucht
Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research
Topics & keywords
- Environmental science
- Soil carbon
- Primary production
- Arable land
- Land cover
- Vegetation (pathology)
- Agricultural land
- Land use
- Zero hunger