Articles | Volume 14, issue 1
https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-14-573-2021
https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-14-573-2021
Development and technical paper
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28 Jan 2021
Development and technical paper |  | 28 Jan 2021

Improving the representation of cropland sites in the Community Land Model (CLM) version 5.0

Theresa Boas, Heye Bogena, Thomas Grünwald, Bernard Heinesch, Dongryeol Ryu, Marius Schmidt, Harry Vereecken, Andrew Western, and Harrie-Jan Hendricks Franssen

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In this study we were able to significantly improve CLM5 model performance for European cropland sites by adding a winter wheat representation, specific plant parameterizations for important cash crops, and a cover-cropping and crop rotation subroutine to its crop module. Our modifications should be applied in future studies of CLM5 to improve regional yield predictions and to better understand large-scale impacts of agricultural management on carbon, water, and energy fluxes.
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