Is rainfed crop production in central Europe at risk? Using a regional climate model to produce high resolution agroclimatic information for decision makers

0368109 - ÚFA 2012 RIV GB eng J - Journal Article
Trnka, M. - Eitzinger, J. - Dubrovský, Martin - Semerádová, D. - Štěpánek, P. - Hlavinka, P. - Balek, J. - Skalák, Petr - Farda, A. - Formayer, H. - Žalud, Z.
Is rainfed crop production in central Europe at risk? Using a regional climate model to produce high resolution agroclimatic information for decision makers.
Journal of Agricultural Science. Roč. 148, - (2010), s. 639-656. ISSN 0021-8596. E-ISSN 1469-5146
Institutional research plan: CEZ:AV0Z30420517
Keywords : SOIL-MOISTURE * CHANGE SCENARIOS * LAND-USE * VARIABILITY * IMPACTS * DROUGHT * WEATHER * UNCERTAINTIES * AGRICULTURE * WORKABILITY
Subject RIV: DG - Athmosphere Sciences, Meteorology
Impact factor: 1.418, year: 2010
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The reality of climate change has rarely been questioned in Europe in the last few years as a consensus has emerged amongst a wide range of national to local environmental and resource policy makers and stakeholders that climate change has been sufficiently demonstrated in a number of sectors. A number of site-based studies evaluating change of attainable yields of various crops have been conducted in Central Europe, but studies that evaluate agroclimatic potential across more countries in the region are rare. Therefore, the main aim of the present study was to develop and test a technique for a comprehensive evaluation of agroclimatic conditions under expected climate conditions over all of Central Europe with a high spatial resolution in order to answer the question posed in the title of the paper 'Is rainfed crop production in central Europe at risk?
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