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Heino et al. 2018
Heino, M., , P.J. Ward, D. Gerten, V. Heck, S. Siebert, and M. Kummu, 2018: Two-thirds of global cropland area impacted by climate oscillations. Nat. Commun., 9, 1257, doi:10.1038/s41467-017-02071-5.
The El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO) peaked strongly during the boreal winter 2015-2016, leading to food insecurity in many parts of Africa, Asia and Latin America. Besides ENSO, the Indian Ocean Dipole (IOD) and the North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO) are known to impact crop yields worldwide. Here we assess for the first time in a unified framework the relationship between ENSO, IOD and NAO and simulated crop productivity at the sub-country scale. Our findings reveal that during 1961-2010, crop productivity is significantly influenced by at least one large-scale climate oscillation in two-thirds of global cropland area. Besides observing new possible links — especially for NAO in Africa and the Middle East, our analyses confirm several known relationships between crop productivity and these oscillations. Our results improve the understanding of climatological crop productivity drivers, which is essential for enhancing food security in many of the most vulnerable places on the planet.
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@article{he01300f,
author={Heino, M. and Puma, M. J. and Ward, P. J. and Gerten, D. and Heck, V. and Siebert, S. and Kummu, M.},
title={Two-thirds of global cropland area impacted by climate oscillations},
year={2018},
journal={Nature Communication},
volume={9},
pages={1257},
doi={10.1038/s41467-017-02071-5},
}
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TY - JOUR ID - he01300f AU - Heino, M. AU - Puma, M. J. AU - Ward, P. J. AU - Gerten, D. AU - Heck, V. AU - Siebert, S. AU - Kummu, M. PY - 2018 TI - Two-thirds of global cropland area impacted by climate oscillations JA - Nat. Commun. JO - Nature Communication VL - 9 SP - 1257 DO - 10.1038/s41467-017-02071-5 ER -
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