Current climate conditions and their impact on agricultural production in Stavropol Krai

Climate conditions remain one of the main risk factors for domestic agriculture, and the consequences of global climate change are ambiguous in terms of prospects for agricultural production in Russia. This paper analyzes the impact of climate change on the country’s food security from the point of view of its self-sufficiency in grain primarily. Specific conditions prevailing on the Crimean peninsula are also considered.

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Yield and Profitability of Crop Production in Mountain Less Favoured Areas

Agronomy ◽

10.3390/agronomy10050700 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 10 (5) ◽

pp. 700 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Kazimierz Klima ◽

Angelika Kliszcz ◽

Joanna Puła ◽

Andrzej Lepiarczyk

Keyword(s):

Agricultural Production ◽

Crop Production ◽

Spring Barley ◽

Policy Issue ◽

Field Bean ◽

The European Union ◽

Mountainous Areas ◽

Climate Conditions ◽

Wheat Field ◽

Crucial Part

Agricultural production is a crucial part of policy issue in preventing depopulation of mountainous areas across Europe. However, soil and climate conditions are limiting yields and profitability of crop production in these regions. The European Union (EU) subsidizes agriculture in mountains by special payments (Less Favoured Area (LFA) subsidy) when areas match law-specified natural handicaps. This study aims to assess whether LFA subsidy in Poland is sufficient to cover losses caused by lower yields of crops cultivated in a mountainous region of Poland (Low Beskid Mountains in Carpathians) compared to lowland regions (non-LFA areas). The results indicated that LFA subsidy was adequate for crops (facultative wheat, winter wheat, field bean and spring barley) grown in the years 2015–2018.

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Simulated hailstorms over Switzerland in May 2018 in current and future climate conditions

10.5194/egusphere-egu2020-15911 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Andrey Martynov ◽

Timothy Raupach ◽

Olivia Martius

Keyword(s):

Climate Change ◽

21St Century ◽

Model Output ◽

Cmip5 Model ◽

Model Data ◽

Climate Conditions ◽

Cell Identification ◽

Current Climate ◽

Storm Tracking ◽

1D Model

Several remarkable hailstorms have occurred on the territory of Switzerland during the month of May, 2018. This period has been simulated, using the WRF4.0 model at a convection-permitting resolution (1.5 km), using different microphysical schemes (Thompson, Morrison, P3). The surrogate climate change approach has been used for imitating the climate conditions, corresponding to the end of the 21st century (CMIP5 model data, RCP8.5 scenario). The HAILCAST-1D model output has been used as a measure of simulated hail size and 5- minute 3-D radar reflectivity field has been used for cell identification and tracking. Hailstorms produced in the current climate and in surrogate climate change simulations have been examined using neighborhood methods and a storm-tracking algorithm. Current-climate simulated hailstorms were compared with the ground observations and MeteoSwiss radar data. The influence of microphysical schemes to the characteristics of simulated hailstorms has been studied.&#160;

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Link between opaque cloud properties and atmospheric dynamics in observations and simulations of current climate in the Tropics, and impact on future predictions

10.5194/egusphere-egu21-4502 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Miguel Perpina ◽

Vincent Noel ◽

Helene Chepfer ◽

Rodrigo Guzman ◽

Artem Feofilov

Keyword(s):

Vertical Distribution ◽

Climate Models ◽

Orthogonal Polarization ◽

Radiative Effect ◽

Climate Conditions ◽

Cloud Properties ◽

Current Climate ◽

Cloud Radiative Effect ◽

The Future ◽

Tropical Clouds

Climate models predict a weakening of the tropical atmospheric circulation, more specifically a slowdown of Hadley and Walker circulations. Many climate models predict that global warming will have a major impact on cloud properties, including their geographic and vertical distribution. Climate feedbacks from clouds, which amplify warming when positive, are today the main source of uncertainty in climate forecasts. Tropical clouds play a key role in the redistribution of solar energy and their evolution will likely affect climate. Therefore, it is crucial to better understand how tropical clouds will evolve in a changing climate. Among cloud properties, the vertical distribution is sensitive to climate change. Active sensors integrated into satellites, such as CALIOP (Cloud-Aerosol LIdar with Orthogonal Polarization), make it possible to obtain a detailed vertical distribution of clouds. CALIOP measurements and calibration are more stable over time and more precise than passive remote sensing satellite detectors. CALIOP observations can be simulated in the atmospheric conditions predicted by climate models using lidar simulators such as COSP (CFMIP Observation Simulator Package). Moreover, cloud properties directly drive the Cloud Radiative Effect (CRE). Understanding how models predict cloud vertical distribution will evolve in the future has implications for how models predict the Cloud Radiative Effect (CRE) at the Top of the Atmosphere (TOA) will evolve in the future. The purpose of our study is to compare, firstly, based on satellite observations (GOCCP) and reanalyzes (ERA5), we will establish the relationship between atmospheric dynamic circulation, opaque cloud properties and TOA CRE. Then, we will compare this observed relationship with the one found in climate model simulations of current climate conditions (CESM1 and IPSL-CM6). Finally, we will identify how model biases in present climate conditions influence the cloud feedback spread between models in a warmer climate.

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Assessment of current climate conditions changes in the territory of Ciscaucasia for the purposes of forecasting winter wheat yield

South of Russia ecology development ◽

10.18470/1992-1098-2021-1-117-127 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 16 (1) ◽

pp. 117-127

Author(s):

S. N. Volkov ◽

S. V. Savinova ◽

E. V. Cherkashina ◽

D. A Shapovalov ◽

V. V. Bratkov ◽

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Keyword(s):

Winter Wheat ◽

Climatic Factors ◽

Wheat Yield ◽

Climatic Conditions ◽

Climate Conditions ◽

Average Value ◽

Current Climate ◽

Close Relationship ◽

Winter Wheat Yield ◽

High Level

Аim. Assessment of current climate changes in the territory of Ciscaucasia in order to predict the yield of winter wheat.Methods .Integral indicators of climatic conditions for agricultural production were employed. For the investigations, we selected five‐year periods for which the meteorological parameters were averaged, and to identify trends the data of specific five‐year periods were compared with the average value for the entireseries of observations (1960‐2020).Results. The deviation of precipitation in April was highest in 2011‐2015, when it increased by 22 mm, and in 1986‐1990 and 1991‐1995, when it decreased by 15 and 10 mm respectively. In Eastern Ciscaucasia,where conditions are more arid than in the Western and Central regions, in both the rise in air temperature and the amount of precipitation, especially in April and May, increased in the 21stcentury for the entire period of active vegetation.Conclusion.It was established that the value of the hydrothermal coefficient practically did not change during the 1960‐2020 period. In the late 1990s and early 2000s, there was an increase in productivity against the background of a relatively high level of annual precipitation and this stability is confirmed at the present time. There is a very close relationship between natural and climatic factors and the level of winter wheat yield.

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In Niger, the Expected Futur Climate Will Provide Better Conditions than the Current One to Diospyros Mespiliformis Hochst. ex A.DC. Rich.

Environment and Natural Resources Research ◽

10.5539/enrr.v10n3p16 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 10 (3) ◽

pp. 16

Author(s):

Ado ALI ◽

Laouali ABDOU ◽

Maman Maârouhi INOUSSA ◽

Josiane SEGHIERI ◽

Ali MAHAMANE

Keyword(s):

Climate Change ◽

Climatic Variability ◽

Plant Resources ◽

Climate Conditions ◽

Average Temperature ◽

Principle Of Maximum Entropy ◽

Current Climate ◽

Human Use ◽

The Impact ◽

Principle Of Maximum

The human use of plant resources and land to face increasing population needs in Africa to the regression or even the disappearance of some useful multi-purpose species such as Diospyros mespiliformis Hochst. Ex A. Rich. Increasing climatic variability is an additional threat for these species. The present study aims to identify the areas that are potentially favorable to D. mespiliformis conservation or regeneration in Niger and to analyze the impact of the current climate change. Thus to assess the D. mespiliformis distribution areas, the geographic coordinates of D. mespiliformis, the bioclimatic data, the soil and vegetation cover were collected and used to modeling based on the principle of maximum entropy (MaxEnt). The soil cover, annual cumulated precipitations and the average temperature are the most determining variables. This study also shows that the ecological niche of D. mespiliformis is located in the Central and Eastern bioclimates, within which almost 3% of the surface is very favorable under the current climate conditions and may reach 3. 94 % under 2050 ones after. These results indicate that the climate change expected in Niger is expected to be more favorable to the studied species than the current climate conditions. This represents an opportunity for its domestication.

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Shephering and Shepherd Clothing in Turkish Culture – Felt Cloak and Fur

Turkology ◽

10.47526/2020/2664-3162.007 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 4 (102) ◽

pp. 105-124

Author(s):

H.N. Begiç ◽

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C. Öz ◽

Keyword(s):

Agricultural Production ◽

Animal Husbandry ◽

Weather Conditions ◽

Similar Function ◽

Climate Conditions ◽

Continuous Interaction ◽

Ancient Times ◽

The Subject ◽

Natural Result ◽

Continental Climate

People have shared the geography they located in with animals since ancient times. Within this symbiosis, people have benefited from animals that they are in continuous interaction in various areas. Central Asia steps is a region that has harsh continental climate with cold winters and warm summers. Migrant settlers in this region, with a limited agriculture potential, live off animal husbandry. Feeding of herd and the need for managing this duty in a safe way pave the way for sheepherding. Shepherd’s felt cloak and fur used by shepherds against the unfavorable weather conditions are the primary symbols of shepherd culture due to their important functions. Worn by shepherds in order to be protected against the unfavorable climate conditions, felt cloak defined as sleeveless clothing made up of felt are considered with the concept of felt. Similarly shepherd’s fur, which is made up of peltry of sheep and lamb, and has a similar function with felt cloak, is one of vital clothing materials of shepherds. As a natural result of animal breeding, which is one of the indispensable elements of the nomadic lifestyle, with the transition processes of people to the settled order and accordingly agricultural production as well as the breeding of animals they have tried to hunt, the shepherd profession, which is obliged to meet all kinds of needs of animals, has emerged. In this study, it is aimed to give information about the development and importance of shepherd, about dandruff and shepherd's fur, a clothing specific to shepherds. The information obtained from the written and virtual sources related to the subject and the interviews made with the source persons were tried to be transferred. It is important to emphasize the process of making a garment a cultural carrier.

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