Evaluation of the suitability of the land surface model JULES for climate impact studies in Belgian ecosystems

Catherine Van den Hoof; Marc Aubinet; Bernard Heinesch; Caroline Vincke; Hildegarde Vandenhove

Evaluation of the suitability of the land surface model JULES for climate impact studies in Belgian ecosystems

Catherine Van den Hoof, Marc Aubinet, Bernard Heinesch, Caroline Vincke, Hildegarde Vandenhove

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Abstract

The increasing demand for land and water resources, in conjunction with climate change, are expected to significantly alter the terrestrial ecosystems and, by consequence, the energy, water, and carbon fluxes between land and atmosphere. These changes will vary substantially from region to region and within regions, from ecosystem to ecosystem. Land surface models are important tools for understanding and predicting these changes. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the suitability of the land surface model JULES (Cox et al., 1998) to simulate carbon, water vapour and energy fluxes in Belgian ecosystems, and to analyse the response of the different ecosystems to climatic factors. In this study, the evaluation of the land surface model JULES consists of a thorough sensitivity analysis to the environmental conditions, i.e. soil, vegetation and climate, found in the major Belgian ecosystems. Next, the model is tested against the surface flux data collected for several consecutive years at the different FLUXNET and CarboEurope projects sites in Belgium. So far this study has been restricted to two sites, Lonzée and Vielsalm, both located in the Southern part of Belgium. Lonzée is an agricultural site and, a mixed forest covers the Vielsalm site.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the International Conference of "Atmospheric Transport and Chemistry in Forest Ecosystems"
Place of Publication	Bayreuth, Germany
Pages	66
State	Published - Oct 2009
Event	Atmospheric Transport and Chemistry in Forest Ecosystems - The joint DFG Project Group EGER, Bayreuth Center for Ecology and Environmental Research, University of BAyreuth, Thurnau, Bayreuth Duration: 5 Oct 2009 → 8 Oct 2009

Publication series

Name	University of Bayreuth, Department of Micrometeorology, Work Reports
Number	40

Conference

Conference	Atmospheric Transport and Chemistry in Forest Ecosystems
Country/Territory	Germany
City	Thurnau, Bayreuth
Period	2009-10-05 → 2009-10-08

Cite this

Van den Hoof, C., Aubinet, M., Heinesch, B., Vincke, C., & Vandenhove, H. (2009). Evaluation of the suitability of the land surface model JULES for climate impact studies in Belgian ecosystems. In Proceedings of the International Conference of "Atmospheric Transport and Chemistry in Forest Ecosystems" (pp. 66). (University of Bayreuth, Department of Micrometeorology, Work Reports; No. 40)..

Van den Hoof, Catherine ; Aubinet, Marc ; Heinesch, Bernard et al. / Evaluation of the suitability of the land surface model JULES for climate impact studies in Belgian ecosystems. Proceedings of the International Conference of "Atmospheric Transport and Chemistry in Forest Ecosystems". Bayreuth, Germany, 2009. pp. 66 (University of Bayreuth, Department of Micrometeorology, Work Reports; 40).

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Evaluation of the suitability of the land surface model JULES for climate impact studies in Belgian ecosystems. / Van den Hoof, Catherine; Aubinet, Marc; Heinesch, Bernard et al.
Proceedings of the International Conference of "Atmospheric Transport and Chemistry in Forest Ecosystems". Bayreuth, Germany, 2009. p. 66 (University of Bayreuth, Department of Micrometeorology, Work Reports; No. 40).

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Van den Hoof C, Aubinet M, Heinesch B, Vincke C, Vandenhove H. Evaluation of the suitability of the land surface model JULES for climate impact studies in Belgian ecosystems. In Proceedings of the International Conference of "Atmospheric Transport and Chemistry in Forest Ecosystems". Bayreuth, Germany. 2009. p. 66. (University of Bayreuth, Department of Micrometeorology, Work Reports; 40).