The central objective of ArboreSens is to write a paper on new process-based insight into the mechanisms behind woody dieoff
in drylands. Within the UTURN project, an Earth-observation based study already linked the severity of woody die-off
events in Senegal with soil texture and soil moisture depletion due to biomass accumulation in exceptionally wet years prior
to a drought. ArboreSens aims at taking this research further by identifying regions in the Sahel which are potential hot-spots
for woody die-off events. More precisely, using a dynamic vegetation model (LPJ-GUESS) we aim to quantify the vulnerability
of woody vegetation to rainfall variability in function of soil texture.