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Baker, Jeffrey |
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Submitted to: Agriculture Forest Meteorology
Publication Type: Review Article Publication Acceptance Date: 3/15/2000 Publication Date: N/A Citation: N/A Interpretive Summary: The book entitled "Modeling the Impact of Climate Change on Rice Production in Asia" and edited by Robin B. Mathews, Martin J. Kropff, Dominique Bachelet and H.H. Van Laar was reviewed. The book review will be published in the Journal of Agricultural and Forrest Meteorology. The authors describe a computer simulation study of potential global climate change effects on the productivity of rice grown in East and South Asia. In general, the simulations showed increases in rice yields with increasing atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations and decreases in rice yields with increases in air temperature. These simulations predicted in the future, with warmer temperatures and higher concentrations of carbon dioxide, Asian countries near the equator will experience yield increases due to climate change while the more temperate countries, including South Korea and Japan, may experience rice yield reductions. The book review pointed out several of the strengths and weaknesses of the methods and underlying assumptions made by the authors. Technical Abstract: Future climate change is projected to increase in both atmospheric carbon dioxide concentration and air temperatures. Both of these climate change variables are likely to impact rice grain yields in the future. A simulation study was conducted and the results published in the book entitled "Modeling the Impact of Climate Change on Rice Production in Asia" and edited by Robin B. Mathews, Martin J. Kropff, Dominique Bachelet, and H. H. Van Laar. I provided a book review for publication in the Journal of Agricultural and Forrest Meteorology. In general, the simulations showed increases in rice yields with increasing atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations and decreases in rice yields with increases in air temperature. These simulations predicted that with warmer temperatures and higher concentrations of carbon dioxide, Asian countries near the equator will experience yield gains due to climate change. Whereas the more temperate countries, including South Korea and Japan, may experience rice yield reductions. The book review pointed out several of the strengths and weaknesses of the methods and underlying assumptions made by the authors. |
