Climate Aridity under Changing Conditions and Implications for the Agricultural Sector: Italy as a Case Study | Zendy

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Climate Aridity under Changing Conditions and Implications for the Agricultural Sector: Italy as a Case Study

Author(s) -

Luca Salvati,

Marco Zitti,

Rosanna Di Bartolomei,

Luigi Perini

Publication year - 2012

Publication title -

geography journal

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

eISSN - 2314-4211

pISSN - 2314-4203

DOI - 10.1155/2013/923173

Subject(s) - arid , precipitation , aridity index , evapotranspiration , agriculture , environmental science , climate change , climatology , physical geography , desert climate , geography , hydrology (agriculture) , ecology , meteorology , geology , archaeology , biology , geotechnical engineering

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

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