BIMSA-LREIS-VGE Seminar on Geographic Information Science and Earth System Model

Abstract

To study the role of the biosphere in the Anthropocene, it is crucial to represent both natural and agricultural ecosystems in a single, internally consistent modelling framework.The model LPJmL ("Lund-Potsdam-Jena managed Land") is designed to simulate vegetation composition and distribution as well as stocks and land-atmosphere exchange flows of carbon and water, for both natural and agricultural ecosystems. Using a combination of plant physiological relations, generalized empirically established functions and plant trait parameters, it simulates processes such as photosynthesis, plant growth, maintenance and regeneration losses, fire disturbance, soil moisture, runoff, evapotranspiration, irrigation and vegetation structure. In this talk, we will try to simulate the soil heat equation and water stress function using quantum software.