Phenology, fluxes and their drivers in major Indian agroecosystems: A modeling study using the Community Land Model (CLM5)

Reddy, Kangari Narender; Baidya Roy, Somnath

doi:10.5194/bg-23-1365-2026

Articles | Volume 23, issue 4

https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-23-1365-2026

© Author(s) 2026. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-23-1365-2026

© Author(s) 2026. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 23, issue 4

Research article

|

23 Feb 2026

Research article |

| 23 Feb 2026

Phenology, fluxes and their drivers in major Indian agroecosystems: A modeling study using the Community Land Model (CLM5)

Kangari Narender Reddy and Somnath Baidya Roy

Supplement

https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-23-1365-2026-supplement

Data sets

Dataset for manuscript - Phenology, fluxes, and their drivers in major Indian agroecosystems: A modeling study using the Community Land Model (CLM5) Kangari Narender Reddy and Somnath Baidya Roy https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15291023

Indian cereal crops (wheat and rice) phenology and agricultural management data across Indian croplands from 1960s to 2020 G. V. Varma et al. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.964634

Download

Article (4881 KB)
Full-text XML

Short summary

Croplands cover more than half of India, yet how they exchange water and carbon with the environment over time is not well known. Using long-term data from 1970–2014, this study shows that managment practices have large impacts. Irrigation and fertiliser use strongly boost crop growth and alter land–atmosphere exchanges, highlighting how management choices shape productivity and environmental outcomes across India.