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Phenology, fluxes and their drivers in major Indian agroecosystems: A modeling study using the Community Land Model (CLM5)
Kangari Narender Reddy
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Centre for Atmospheric Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, New Delhi, Delhi, 110016, India
National Centre for Atmospheric Sciences, Department of Meteorology, University of Reading, Reading, RG6 6ES, United Kingdom
Somnath Baidya Roy
Centre for Atmospheric Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, New Delhi, Delhi, 110016, India
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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.
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