Publications of Sujan Koirala

De, R.; Bao, S.; Koirala, S.; Brenning, A.; Reichstein, M.; Tagesson, T.; Liddell, M.; Ibrom, A.; Wolf, S.; Sigut, L. et al.; Hörtnagl, L.; Woodgate, W.; Korkiakoski, M.; Merbold, L.; Black, T. A.; Roland, M. E.; Klosterhalfen, A.; Blanken, P. D.; Knox, S.; Sabbatini, S.; Gielen, B.; Montagnani, L.; Fensholt, R.; Wohlfahrt, G.; Desai, A. R.; Paul-Limoges, E.; Galvagno, M.; Hammerle, A.; Jocher, G.; Reverter, B. R.; Holl, D.; Chen, J.; Vitale, L.; Arain, M. A.; Carvalhais, N.: Addressing challenges in simulating inter-annual variability of gross primary production. Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems 17 (5), e2024MS004697 (2025)

Poehls, J.; Alonso, L.; Koirala, S.; Carvalhais, N.; Reichstein, M.: Downscaling soil moisture to sub-km resolutions with simple machine learning ensembles. Journal of Hydrology 652, 132624 (2025)

Lee, H. T.; Jung, M.; Carvalhais, N.; Reichstein, M.; Forkel, M.; Bloom, A. A.; Pacheco-Labrador, J.; Koirala, S.: Spatial attribution of temporal variability in global land-atmosphere CO₂ exchange using a model-data integration framework. Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems 17 (3), e2024MS004479v (2025)

Xie, J.; Liu, X.; Jasechko, S.; Berghuijs, W. R.; Wang, K.; Liu, C.; Reichstein, M.; Jung, M.; Koirala, S.: Majority of global river flow sustained by groundwater. Nature Geoscience 17, pp. 770 - 777 (2024)

Wang, S.; Yang, H.; Koirala, S.; Forkel, M.; Reichstein, M.; Carvalhais, N.: Understanding disturbance regimes from patterns in modeled forest biomass. Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems 16 (6), e2023MS004099 (2024)

Denissen, J. M. C.; Teuling, A. J.; Koirala, S.; Reichstein, M.; Balsamo, G.; Vogel, M. M.; Yu, X.; Orth, R.: Intensified future heat extremes linked with increasing ecosystem water limitation. Earth System Dynamics 15 (3), pp. 717 - 734 (2024)

Ruiz-Vásquez, M.; O, S.; Arduini, G.; Boussetta, S.; Brenning, A.; Bastos, A.; Koirala, S.; Balsamo, G.; Reichstein, M.; Orth, R.: Impact of updating vegetation information on land surface model performance. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres 128 (121), e2023JD039076 (2023)

Fan, N.; Santoro, M.; Besnard, S.; Cartus, O.; Koirala, S.; Carvalhais, N.: Implications of the steady-state assumption for the global vegetation carbon turnover. Environmental Research Letters 18 (10), 104036 (2023)

Trautmann, T.; Koirala, S.; Guentner, A.; Kim, H.; Jung, M.: Calibrating global hydrological models with GRACE TWS: does river storage matter? Environmental Research Communications 5 (8), 081005 (2023)

Chen, M.; Qian, Z.; Boers, N.; Jakeman, A. J.; Kettner, A. J.; Brandt, M.; Kwan, M.-P.; Batty, M.; Li, W.; Zhu, R. et al.; Luo, W.; Ames, D. P.; Barton, C. M.; Cuddy, S. M.; Koirala, S.; Zhang, F.; Ratti, C.; Liu, J.; Zhong, T.; Liu, J.; Wen, Y.; Yue, S.; Zhu, Z.; Zhang, Z.; Sun, Z.; Lin, J.; Ma, Z.; He, Y.; Xu, K.; Zhang, C.; Lin, H.; Lü, G.: Iterative integration of deep learning in hybrid Earth surface system modelling. Nature Reviews Earth & Environment 4, pp. 568 - 581 (2023)

Lee, H. T.; Jung, M.; Carvalhais, N.; Trautmann, T.; Kraft, B.; Reichstein, M.; Forkel, M.; Koirala, S.: Diagnosing modeling errors in global terrestrial water storage interannual variability. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences 27 (7), pp. 1531 - 1563 (2023)

Fan, N.; Reichstein, M.; Koirala, S.; Ahrens, B.; Mahecha , M. D.; Carvalhais, N.: Global apparent temperature sensitivity of terrestrial carbon turnover modulated by hydrometeorological factors. Nature Geoscience 15, pp. 989 - 994 (2022)

Bao, S.; Ibrom, A.; Wohlfahrt, G.; Koirala, S.; Migliavacca, M.; Zhang, Q.; Carvalhais, N.: Narrow but robust advantages in two-big-leaf light use efficiency models over big-leaf light use efficiency models at ecosystem level. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 326, 109185 (2022)

Küçük, Ç.; Koirala, S.; Carvalhais, N.; Miralles, D. G.; Reichstein, M.; Jung, M.: Observation-based assessment of secondary water effects on seasonal vegetation decay across Africa. Frontiers in Big Data 5, 967477 (2022)

Denissen, J. M. C.; Teuling, A. J.; Pitman, A. J.; Koirala, S.; Migliavacca, M.; Li, W.; Reichstein, M.; Winkler, A.; Zhan, C.; Orth, R.: Widespread shift from ecosystem energy to water limitation with climate change. Nature Climate Change 12, pp. 677 - 684 (2022)

Kraft, B.; Jung, M.; Körner, M.; Koirala, S.; Reichstein, M.: Towards hybrid modeling of the global hydrological cycle. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences 26 (6), pp. 1579 - 1614 (2022)

Küçük, Ç.; Koirala, S.; Carvalhais, N.; Miralles, D.; Reichstein, M.; Jung, M.: Characterizing the response of vegetation cover to water limitation in Africa using geostationary satellites. Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems 14 (3), e2021MS002730 (2022)

Pallandt, M.; Ahrens, B.; Koirala, S.; Lange, H.; Reichstein, M.; Schrumpf, M.; Zaehle, S.: Vertically divergent responses of SOC decomposition to soil moisture in a changing climate. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences 127 (2), e2021JG006684 (2022)

Trautmann, T.; Koirala, S.; Carvalhais, N.; Güntner, A.; Jung, M.: The importance of vegetation in understanding terrestrial water storage variations. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences 26 (4), pp. 1089 - 1109 (2022)

Bao, S.; Wutzler, T.; Koirala, S.; Cuntz, M.; Ibrom, A.; Besnard, S.; Walther, S.; Sigut, la, L.; Moreno, A.; Weber, U. et al.; Wohlfahrt, G.; Cleverly, J.; Migliavacca, M.; Woodgate, W.; Merbold, L.; Veenendaal, E.; Carvalhais, N.: Environment-sensitivity functions for gross primary productivity in light use efficiency models. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 312, 108708 (2022)