Lengthening of the growing season in wheat and maize producing regions

Lengthening of the growing season in wheat and maize producing regions

Human-induced increases in atmospheric greenhouse gas concentrations have led to rising global temperatures. Here we investigate changes in an annual temperature-based index, the growing season length, defined as the number of days with temperature above 5 °C. We show that over extratropical regions...

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Main Authors: Brigitte Mueller, Mathias Hauser, Carley Iles, Ruksana Haque Rimi, Francis W. Zwiers, Hui Wan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2015-09-01
Series:Weather and Climate Extremes
Subjects:
Growing season length
Climate change
Detection
Attribution
Crop production
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2212094715000183

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