TY - JOUR
T1 - Soil aridity under climate change and implications for agriculture in Italy
AU - Colantoni, Andrea
AU - Delfanti, Lavinia M.P.
AU - Cossio, Filippo
AU - Baciotti, Benedetto
AU - Salvati, Luca
AU - Perini, Luigi
AU - Lord, Richard
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2015 Andrea Colantoni et al.
PY - 2015/3/25
Y1 - 2015/3/25
N2 - A comprehensive temporal analysis of precipitation and temperature regimes from 1951 to 2010 has been carried out at a national and regional scale in Italy to investigate the impact of climate aridity on the agricultural system. Trends in climate aridity have also been analyzed using the UNEP aridity index, which is the ratio of rainfall to reference evapotranspiration on a yearly basis. During the time period examined, and particularly in the most recent years, a gradual reduction in rainfall and increase in temperature have been observed, which further widened the gap between precipitation and agricultural water demand.
AB - A comprehensive temporal analysis of precipitation and temperature regimes from 1951 to 2010 has been carried out at a national and regional scale in Italy to investigate the impact of climate aridity on the agricultural system. Trends in climate aridity have also been analyzed using the UNEP aridity index, which is the ratio of rainfall to reference evapotranspiration on a yearly basis. During the time period examined, and particularly in the most recent years, a gradual reduction in rainfall and increase in temperature have been observed, which further widened the gap between precipitation and agricultural water demand.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84929870544&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.12988/ams.2015.52112
DO - 10.12988/ams.2015.52112
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84929870544
SN - 1312-885X
VL - 9
SP - 2467
EP - 2475
JO - Applied Mathematical Sciences
JF - Applied Mathematical Sciences
IS - 49-52
ER -