LPJmL is a Dynamic Global Vegetation Model (DGVM), a comprehensive evaluation can be found here : https://gmd.copernicus.org/articles/11/1377/2018/ This is the LPJmL4 version, which is further developed to the LPJmL5 version, which will be available on GitHub soon

Model Code for the publication:

Schaphoff, S., von Bloh, W., Rammig, A., Thonicke, K., Biemans, H., Forkel, M., … Waha, K. (2018). LPJmL4 – a dynamic global vegetation model with managed land – Part 1: Model description. Geoscientific Model Development, 11(4), 1343–1375. doi:10.5194/gmd-11-1343-2018

Schaphoff, S., Forkel, M., Müller, C., Knauer, J., von Bloh, W., Gerten, D., … Waha, K. (2018). LPJmL4 – a dynamic global vegetation model with managed land – Part 2: Model evaluation. Geoscientific Model Development, 11(4), 1377–1403. doi:10.5194/gmd-11-1377-2018

https://dx.doi.org/10.5880/PIK.2018.002

Von Bloh, W., Schaphoff, S., Müller, C., Rolinski, S., Waha, K., & Zaehle, S. (2017). Implementing the Nitrogen cycle into the dynamic global vegetation, hydrology and crop growth model LPJmL (version 5). Geoscientific Model Development Discussions, 1–35. doi:10.5194/gmd-2017-228

https://dx.doi.org/10.5880/PIK.2018.011

Data for the publication:


Schaphoff, S., von Bloh, W., Rammig, A., Thonicke, K., Biemans, H., Forkel, M., … Waha, K. (2018). LPJmL4 – a dynamic global vegetation model with managed land – Part 1: Model description. Geoscientific Model Development, 11(4), 1343–1375. doi:10.5194/gmd-11-1343-2018


Schaphoff, S., Forkel, M., Müller, C., Knauer, J., von Bloh, W., Gerten, D., … Waha, K. (2018). LPJmL4 – a dynamic global vegetation model with managed land – Part 2: Model evaluation. Geoscientific Model Development, 11(4), 1377–1403. doi:10.5194/gmd-11-1377-2018

https://doi.org/10.5880/pik.2017.009


Gerten, D., Heck, V., Jägermeyr, J., Bodirsky, B. L., Fetzer, I., Jalava, M., … Schellnhuber, H. J. (2020). Feeding ten billion people is possible within four terrestrial planetary boundaries. Nature Sustainability. doi:10.1038/s41893-019-0465-1

https://doi.org/10.5880/PIK.2019.021