Soil aridity under climate change and implications for agriculture in Italy

Colantoni, Andrea and Delfanti, Lavinia and Cossio, Filippo and Baciotti, Benedetto and Salvati, Luca and Perini, Luigi and Lord, Richard (2015) Soil aridity under climate change and implications for agriculture in Italy. Applied Mathematical Sciences, 9 (50). pp. 2467-2475. ISSN 1312-885X

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    Abstract

    A comprehensive temporal analysis of precipitation and temperature regimes from 1951 to 2010 has been carried out at a national and regional scale in Italy to investigate the impact of climate aridity on the agricultural system. Trends in climate aridity have also been analyzed using the UNEP aridity index, which is the ratio of rainfall to reference evapotranspiration on a yearly basis. During the time period examined, and particularly in the most recent years, a gradual reduction in rainfall and increase in temperature have been observed, which further widened the gap between precipitation and agricultural water demand.

    Author(s):Colantoni, Andrea, Delfanti, Lavinia, Cossio, Filippo, Baciotti, Benedetto, Salvati, Luca, Perini, Luigi and Lord, Richard ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5737-5140
    Item type:Article
    ID code:52284
    Keywords:climate change, mediterranean region, agriculture, soil, Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General), Applied Mathematics
    Subjects:Technology > Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
    Department:Faculty of Engineering > Civil and Environmental Engineering
    Depositing user: Pure Administrator
    Date deposited:31 Mar 2015 07:20
    Last modified:14 Jan 2020 17:08
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    URI:https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/52284
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