Soil aridity under climate change and implications for agriculture in Italy

Andrea Colantoni; Lavinia M.P. Delfanti; Filippo Cossio; Benedetto Baciotti; Luca Salvati; Luigi Perini; Richard Lord

doi:10.12988/ams.2015.52112

Soil aridity under climate change and implications for agriculture in Italy

Andrea Colantoni
, Lavinia M.P. Delfanti
, Filippo Cossio
, Benedetto Baciotti
, Luca Salvati
, Luigi Perini
, Richard Lord

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Abstract

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.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	2467-2475
Number of pages	9
Journal	Applied Mathematical Sciences
Volume	9
Issue number	49-52
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.12988/ams.2015.52112
Publication status	Published - 25 Mar 2015
Externally published	Yes

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