The GGCMI Phase 2 emulators: global gridded crop model responses to changes in CO<sub>2</sub>, temperature, water, and nitrogen (version 1.0)
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Published:2020-09-03
Issue:9
Volume:13
Page:3995-4018
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ISSN:1991-9603
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Container-title:Geoscientific Model Development
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language:en
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Short-container-title:Geosci. Model Dev.
Author:
Franke James A., Müller ChristophORCID, Elliott Joshua, Ruane Alex C.ORCID, Jägermeyr JonasORCID, Snyder Abigail, Dury Marie, Falloon Pete D., Folberth ChristianORCID, François Louis, Hank Tobias, Izaurralde R. Cesar, Jacquemin Ingrid, Jones Curtis, Li Michelle, Liu WenfengORCID, Olin Stefan, Phillips Meridel, Pugh Thomas A. M.ORCID, Reddy Ashwan, Williams KarinaORCID, Wang ZiweiORCID, Zabel Florian, Moyer Elisabeth J.
Abstract
Abstract. Statistical emulation allows combining advantageous features of statistical and process-based crop models for understanding the effects of future climate changes on crop yields.
We describe here the development of emulators for nine process-based crop models and five crops using output from the Global Gridded Model Intercomparison Project (GGCMI) Phase 2.
The GGCMI Phase 2 experiment is designed with the explicit goal of producing a structured training dataset for emulator development that samples across four dimensions relevant to crop yields: atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) concentrations, temperature, water supply, and nitrogen inputs (CTWN).
Simulations are run under two different adaptation assumptions: that growing seasons shorten in warmer climates, and that cultivar choice allows growing seasons to remain fixed.
The dataset allows emulating the climatological-mean yield response of all models with a simple polynomial in mean growing-season values.
Climatological-mean yields are a central metric in climate change impact analysis; we show here that they can be captured without relying on interannual variations.
In general, emulation errors are negligible relative to differences across crop models or even across climate model scenarios; errors become significant only in some marginal lands where crops are not currently grown. We demonstrate that the resulting GGCMI emulators can reproduce yields under realistic future climate simulations, even though the GGCMI Phase 2 dataset is constructed with uniform CTWN offsets, suggesting that the effects of changes in temperature and precipitation distributions are small relative to those of changing means.
The resulting emulators therefore capture relevant crop model responses in a lightweight, computationally tractable form, providing a tool that can facilitate model comparison, diagnosis of interacting factors affecting yields, and integrated assessment of climate impacts.
Funder
National Science Foundation Division of Graduate Education European Research Council
Publisher
Copernicus GmbH
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