Articles | Volume 17, issue 21
https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-17-7889-2024
https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-17-7889-2024
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07 Nov 2024
Model description paper |  | 07 Nov 2024

Biological nitrogen fixation of natural and agricultural vegetation simulated with LPJmL 5.7.9

Stephen Björn Wirth, Johanna Braun, Jens Heinke, Sebastian Ostberg, Susanne Rolinski, Sibyll Schaphoff, Fabian Stenzel, Werner von Bloh, Friedhelm Taube, and Christoph Müller

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We present a new approach to modelling biological nitrogen fixation (BNF) in the Lund–Potsdam–Jena managed Land dynamic global vegetation model. While in the original approach  BNF depended on actual evapotranspiration, the new approach considers soil water content and temperature, vertical root distribution, the nitrogen (N) deficit and carbon (C) costs. The new approach improved simulated BNF compared to the scientific literature and the model ability to project future C and N cycle dynamics.