Articles | Volume 13, issue 12
https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-13-6077-2020
https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-13-6077-2020
Development and technical paper
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02 Dec 2020
Development and technical paper |  | 02 Dec 2020

Simulating second-generation herbaceous bioenergy crop yield using the global hydrological model H08 (v.bio1)

Zhipin Ai, Naota Hanasaki, Vera Heck, Tomoko Hasegawa, and Shinichiro Fujimori

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H08 (v.bio1) Zhipin Ai, Naota Hanasaki, Vera Heck, Tomoko Hasegawa, and Shinichiro Fujimori https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3521407

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Incorporating bioenergy crops into the well-established global hydrological models is seldom seen today. Here, we successfully enhance a state-of-the-art global hydrological model H08 to simulate bioenergy crop yield. We found that unconstrained irrigation more than doubled the yield under rainfed conditions while simultaneously reducing the water use efficiency by 32 % globally. Our enhanced model provides a new tool for the future assessment of bioenergy–water tradeoffs.