Assessing the performance of LPJmL-5 in simulating vegetation responses to normal and multi-year droughts

Ruijsch, Denise; Hauswirth, Sandra Margrit; Biemans, Hester; Wanders, Niko

doi:10.5194/esd-17-607-2026

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https://doi.org/10.5194/esd-17-607-2026

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https://doi.org/10.5194/esd-17-607-2026

© Author(s) 2026. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 17, issue 3

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22 May 2026

Research article |

| 22 May 2026

Assessing the performance of LPJmL-5 in simulating vegetation responses to normal and multi-year droughts

Denise Ruijsch, Sandra Margrit Hauswirth, Hester Biemans, and Niko Wanders

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https://doi.org/10.5194/esd-17-607-2026-supplement

Data sets

Multi-Dry Chapter 2; Exploring the Potential of LPJmL-5 to Simulate Vegetation Responses to (Multi-Year) Droughts Denise Ruijsch and Niko Wanders https://doi.org/10.24416/UU01-U97GDE

Model code and software

deniseruijsch/MultiDry-Chapter2: v1 D. Ruijsch https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17085725

Model code for LPJmL5.7.9-ccostly-bnf S. B. Wirth et al. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10257030

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We studied how plants respond to long droughts using model simulations and satellite data. The model reproduces drought impacts fairly well but tends to show plants recovering too quickly. Improving how the model represents plant stress and recovery will help predict how ecosystems respond to more frequent and severe droughts in the future.