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@INPROCEEDINGS{Dombrowski:905605,
author = {Dombrowski, Olga and Brogi, Cosimo and Hendricks-Franssen,
Harrie-Jan and Zanotelli, Damiano and Bogena, Heye},
title = {{CLM}-{A}pple: {A} {P}erennial {P}lant {F}unctional {T}ype
for the {C}ommunity {L}and {M}odel {CLM}5},
reportid = {FZJ-2022-00837},
year = {2021},
abstract = {Orchards and other perennial crops represent one percent of
the total global agricultural area. A significant portion is
found in Mediterranean Europe covering 16 $\%$ of the total
agricultural land. Apples are one of the most popular and
valuable fruits and make up one third of all European
orchards, covering more than 463’000 ha. In contrast to
annual crops, perennial tree crops can be productive for
several decades before rotation is needed. Moreover, the
standing biomass of such cultivation serves as carbon
storage and thus influences the carbon cycle in a different
way than annual crops. However, perennial tree crops are
rarely considered in the land components of earth system
models. This creates an important gap in the representation
of biogeophysical and biogeochemical processes that are a
consequence of such agro-ecosystems. In this work we
implemented an apple tree crop sub-model named CLM-APPLE
that allows the simulation of a new apple plant functional
type (PFT) within the existing framework of the Community
Land Model version 5 (CLM5). Similarly to the existing
deciduous tree PFTs that are available in CLM5, the apple
PFT is described by a perennial deciduous phenology with
standing woody biomass and annual leaf shedding. During the
active growth period, the phenology and the carbon and
nitrogen allocation of vegetative and harvestable organs are
described by distinct growth phases and are driven by a
growing degree day summation. In this new PFT, both the
storage pool and the photosynthetic pool contribute to tree
growth since, in fruit trees, leaf and shoot development at
the beginning of a growing season utilizes carbohydrate
reserves and nitrogenous compounds that were accumulated
during the previous season. Furthermore, agricultural
practices such as transplanting, fertilization, and stem
pruning are represented in the new sub-model. New parameters
were introduced, calibrated, and then validated with
extensive field measurements from an apple-growing region in
the Adige River valley (Italy). Monthly biomass components
and leaf area index (LAI), measured directly and
independently over six representative plots, were used for
model calibration. Additionally, multiple years of
continuous soil respiration measurements, eddy covariance
measurements, and yield data were used for model calibration
and validation. Simulated patterns in seasonal biomass
allocation and LAI showed good agreement with the
observations. Similarly, the simulated average yield between
2010 and 2015 was within 5 $\%$ of the observed yield.
However, the observed inter annual variability was not well
represented in the simulations. Overall, the model
validation using eddy covariance data demonstrated the
ability of the model to represent the seasonal dynamics and
magnitudes of ecosystem fluxes at the orchard level. Despite
these encouraging results, an accurate representation of
inter-annual yield dynamics and seasonal fluctuations of
fluxes at the orchard-scale remains challenging, suggesting
the existence of processes that are not yet implemented in
the model. Nonetheless, the newly developed sub-model
CLM-APPLE allows the exploration of the carbon allocation
dynamics and ecosystem fluxes in orchards as well as their
effects on the terrestrial biogeochemical cycle.},
month = {Oct},
date = {2021-10-05},
organization = {First Ozcar-Tereno International
Conference, Strasbourg (France), 5 Oct
2021 - 7 Oct 2021},
subtyp = {Other},
cin = {IBG-3},
cid = {I:(DE-Juel1)IBG-3-20101118},
pnm = {2173 - Agro-biogeosystems: controls, feedbacks and impact
(POF4-217) / ATLAS - Agricultural Interoperability and
Analysis System (857125)},
pid = {G:(DE-HGF)POF4-2173 / G:(EU-Grant)857125},
typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)24},
url = {https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/905605},
}