The accuracy of impact estimates relating climate change to regional-scale agricultural production is constrained by the temporal and spatial resolution of climate change projections. Several techniques have been used to compensate for these limitations in order to provide reasonable estimates of the impact of climate change on crop yield. One approach assumes that variability over time can substitute for spatial variability, thereby reducing the need to estimate the impacts at a spatially dense network of stations—an assumption that has not been generally tested. This study evaluates this assumption using methods similar to those employed in the climate impact literature. The findings suggest that current practices are generally defensible if the goal is to provide a range of possible crop responses to climate change. However, the results also show that the assumption is highly sensitive to specific interactions at the soil-plant-atmosphere interface and, consequently, does not hold under certain circumstances. 相似文献
AbstractThe concept of a bioeconomy has been placed central in formation of a Swedish National Forest Program (NFP). Drawing on Hajer’s conceptual framework of storylines, we present a discourse analysis of the working group reports underlying the establishment of the NFP strategy. We ask what stories about Swedish forests come to dominate the NFP process, how well they reflect the commitment of balancing economic, social and environmental interests, and what role the concept of a bioeconomy, has on the formation of these stories. Storylines of Swedish forests in the bioeconomy unite wider European discourses on the bioeconomy and climate change with historical Swedish forest policy discourses, revitalizing a discourse coalition comprising the state and the industry. Particular to the Swedish discourse is the strong emphasis on creating consensus around a single story of the forest-based bioeconomy. 相似文献
More than 240 items of historical records containing climatic information were retrieved from official historical books, local
chronicles, annals and regional meteorological disaster yearbooks. By using moisture index and flood/drought (F/D) index obtained
from the above information, the historical climate change, namely wet-dry conditions in borderland of Shaanxi Province, Gansu
Province and Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region (BSGN, mainly included Ningxialu, Hezhoulu, Gongchanglu, Fengyuanlu and Yan’anlu
in the Yuan Dynasty) was studied. The results showed that the climate of the region was generally dry and the ratio between
drought and flood disasters was 85/38 during the period of 1208–1369. According to the frequencies of drought-flood disasters,
the whole period could be divided into three phases. (1) 1208–1240: drought dominated the phase with occasional flood disasters.
(2) 1240–1320: long-time drought disasters and extreme drought events happened frequently. (3) 1320–1369: drought disasters
were less severe when flood and drought disasters happened alternately. Besides, the reconstructed wet-dry change curve revealed
obvious transition and periodicity in the Mongol-Yuan Period. The transitions occurred in 1230 and 1325. The wet-dry change
revealed 10- and 23-year quasi-periods which were consistent with solar cycles, indicating that solar activity had affected
the wet-dry conditions of the study region in the Mongol-Yuan Period. The reconstructed results were consistent with two other
study results reconstructed from natural evidences, and were similar to another study results from historical documents. All
the above results showed that the climate in BSGN was characterized by long-time dry condition with frequent severe drought
disasters during 1258 to 1308. Thus, these aspects of climatic changes might have profound impacts on local vegetation and
socio-economic system. 相似文献
The Hunshandake Desert is located at the northern edge of the East Asian monsoon region,and its natural environment is sensitive to monsoonal changes.Geologic records suggest that desert evolution corresponding to climate change had experienced several cycles in the Holocene,and the evolutionary process can be distinguished by four dominant stages according to changing trends of the environment and climate.(1) Holocene Ameliorative Period(11.0-8.7 cal ka B.P.),when the desert area gradually shrank following an approaching warm-wet climate and strengthening summer monsoon.(2) Holocene Optimum(8.7-6.0 cal ka B.P.),when the majority of moving sand dunes were stabilized and vegetation coverage quickly expanded in a suitable warm-wet climate and a strong summer monsoon.(3) Holocene Multivariate Period(6.0-3.5 cal ka B.P.),during a low-amplitude desert transformed between moving and stabilized types under alternating functions of cold-dry with warm-wet climate,and winter monsoon with summer monsoon.(4) Holocene Decay Period(since 3.5 cal ka B.P.),when the desert area tended to expand along with a weakened summer monsoon and a dry climate. 相似文献