Posts tagged vegetation
CPlantBox -
- 17 February 2026
CPlantBox is a 3D functional-structural plant model (FSPM) that is built in a modular way that can be used at several levels of complexity. CPlantBox describes the geometry of plants by their individual organs, such as roots, stems, and leaves, which evolve over time. It can model functional aspects such as water and carbon dynamics within the plant, and provides general tools to build plant soil-interaction models. To solve partial differential equations CPlantBox can use the finite volume solver DuMux and offers simplified Python interfaces in the repository dumux-rosi.
LPJmL - Lund-Potsdam-Jena managed Land
- 12 February 2026
LPJmL is a global dynamic vegetation, hydrology, and carbon–nitrogen biogeochemistry model for gridded land-surface simulations (run offline or coupled to climate models). It simulates photosynthesis, stomatal conductance, surface energy balance, vegetation dynamics and competition, phenology, carbon allocation, soil organic matter turnover, and river discharge. Land use and management processes—cropland, pasture, irrigation, and harvest—are explicitly represented. Nutrient limitations and nitrogen cycling influence productivity, carbon storage, and greenhouse gas fluxes. Recent extensions include process-based methane dynamics, linking wetland and rice hydrology to vertically resolved CH₄ production, oxidation, and transport (diffusion, ebullition, and plant-mediated), yielding consistent CH₄, CO₂, N, and water budgets.