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GEOSCIENTIFIC MODEL DEVELOPMENT
Volume 9, Issue 12, Pages 4405-4437Publisher
COPERNICUS GESELLSCHAFT MBH
DOI: 10.5194/gmd-9-4405-2016
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- Hungarian Academy of Sciences [MTA PD 450012]
- Hungarian Scientific Research Fund [OTKA K104816]
- BioVeL project (Biodiversity Virtual e-Laboratory Project) [FP7-INFRASTRUCTURES-2011-2, 283359]
- EU FP7 WHEALBI Project [613556]
- Croatian Science Foundation Installation Research Project EFFEctivity [HRZZ-UIP-11-2013-2492]
- metaprogramme Adaptation of Agriculture and Forests to Climate Change (AAFCC) of the French National Institute for Agricultural Research (INRA)
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The process-based biogeochemical model Biome-BGC was enhanced to improve its ability to simulate carbon, nitrogen, and water cycles of various terrestrial ecosystems under contrasting management activities. Biome-BGC version 4.1.1 was used as a base model. Improvements included addition of new modules such as the multilayer soil module, implementation of processes related to soil moisture and nitrogen balance, soil-moisture-related plant senescence, and phenological development. Vegetation management modules with annually varying options were also implemented to simulate management practices of grasslands (mowing, grazing), croplands (ploughing, fertilizer application, planting, harvesting), and forests (thinning). New carbon and nitrogen pools have been defined to simulate yield and soft stem development of herbaceous ecosystems. The model version containing all developments is referred to as Biome-BGCMuSo (Biome-BGC with multilayer soil module; in this paper, Biome-BGCMuSo v4.0 is documented). Case studies on a managed forest, cropland, and grassland are presented to demonstrate the effect of model developments on the simulation of plant growth as well as on carbon and water balance.
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