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Assessing the performance of LPJmL-5 in simulating vegetation responses to normal and multi-year droughts
Department of Physical Geography, Utrecht University, Princetonlaan 8a, Utrecht, the Netherlands
Sandra Margrit Hauswirth
Department of Physical Geography, Utrecht University, Princetonlaan 8a, Utrecht, the Netherlands
Hester Biemans
Water Systems and Global Change, Department of Environmental Sciences, Wageningen University & Research, Droevendaalsesteeg 4, Wageningen, the Netherlands
Niko Wanders
Department of Physical Geography, Utrecht University, Princetonlaan 8a, Utrecht, the Netherlands
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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.
We studied how plants respond to long droughts using model simulations and satellite data. The...
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