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ToolsSanter, Benjamin (1985) The use of general circulation models in climate impact analysis - A preliminary study of the impacts of a CO2- induced climatic change on West European agriculture. Climatic Change, 7 (1). pp. 71-93. ISSN 0165-0009
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An investigation is made of the possible impacts of a climatic change (induced by a doubling of atmospheric carbon dioxide concentration) on the European agricultural sector. Two general circulation models have been used to develop climatic change scenarios for the European study area. From the scenarios, information was obtained concerning the possible behavior of temperature, precipitation, solar radiation, and relative humidity in the altered climatic state. This meteorological information was then employed in two separate crop-weather models - an empirical/statistical model (for winter wheat) and a simple simulation model (for biomass potential). This type of approach represents a considerable departure from that employed by previous large-scale climate impact studies. Both the seasonal and regional components of a possible climatic change are incorporated directly in the two crop-weather models. The results of this investigation demonstrate that a simple crop-weather simulation model may be more suitable for the purposes of agricultural impact analysis than the linear regression models frequently used in such studies. In order for such an impact analysis to be accepted as a valid scientific experiment, a full presentation of the underlying assumptions and uncertainties is essential.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | global and planetary change,atmospheric science ,/dk/atira/pure/subjectarea/asjc/2300/2306 |
| Faculty \ School: | Faculty of Science > School of Environmental Sciences |
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| Depositing User: | LivePure Connector |
| Date Deposited: | 23 Mar 2026 10:30 |
| Last Modified: | 23 Mar 2026 10:30 |
| URI: | https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/102550 |
| DOI: | 10.1007/BF00139442 |
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