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Articles | Volume 18, issue 23
Articles | Volume 18, issue 23
https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-18-9541-2025
© Author(s) 2025. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-18-9541-2025
© Author(s) 2025. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Articles | Volume 18, issue 23
Model experiment description paper
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04 Dec 2025
Model experiment description paper |  | 04 Dec 2025

Sensitivity of a Sahelian groundwater-based agroforestry system to tree density and water availability using the land surface model ORCHIDEE (r7949)

Espoir Koudjo Gaglo, Emeline Chaste, Sebastiaan Luyssaert, Olivier Roupsard, Christophe Jourdan, Sidy Sow, Nadeige Vandewalle, Frédéric C. Do, Daouda Ngom, and Aude Valade

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Agroforestry in the Sahel help store carbon and support food production, but land surface models struggle to capture their dynamics. We adapted the ORCHIDEE model to simulate Faidherbia albida, a tree that taps deep groundwater. This work highlights the need to integrate deep water uptake in land surface models for groundwater-dependent ecosystems, as it could enhance predictions, helping to sustain agroforestry in a changing climate.
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