In the last decades the Euro-Mediterranean region has experienced an increase in extreme temperature events such as heat waves. These extreme weather conditions can strongly affect arable crop growth and final yields. Here, early heat waves over Italy from 1995 to 2013 are identified and characterised and their impact on durum wheat yields is investigated. As expected, results confirm the impact of the 2003 heat wave and highlight a high percentage of concurrence of early heat waves and significant negative yield anomalies in 13 out of 39 durum wheat production areas. In south-eastern Italy (the most important area for durum wheat production), the percentage of concurrent events exceeds
80%.
FONTANA Giovanna;
TORETI Andrea;
CEGLAR Andrej;
DE SANCTIS Giacomo;
2015-11-10
COPERNICUS GESELLSCHAFT MBH
JRC93677
1561-8633,
http://www.nat-hazards-earth-syst-sci.net/15/1631/2015/nhess-15-1631-2015.html,
https://publications.jrc.ec.europa.eu/repository/handle/JRC93677,
10.5194/nhess-15-1631-2015,
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