Drought stress patterns in Italy using agro-climatic indicators

Climate Research

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 53-63

  Diodato, Nazzareno ^a   Bellocchi, Gianni ^b  

^a Monte Pino Research Observatory on Climate and Landscape   (Italy)

^b Azienda Agraria Abbadia   (Italy)

Author keywords

Climate change; Drought; Geo spatial analysis; Italy; Mediterranean crop drought index pattern; Temporal analysis

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATOLOGY; DROUGHT; GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

AGROMETEOROLOGY; BIOCLIMATOLOGY; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATIC REGION; CROP YIELD; DROUGHT; DROUGHT STRESS; REGIONAL CLIMATE; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TREND ANALYSIS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE; TYRRHENIAN COAST;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 42449111343     PISSN: 0936577X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/cr00726     Document Type: Article

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