Wine growing regions global climate analysis

Abstract

We depict the main features of five viticulture agroclimatic indices for 626 wine growing regions within 41 countries. The indices are calculated using the WorldClim 30 sec arc (1 km) resolution database, updated for the period 2000-2014 using CRU3.2 database. The spatial limits of each region are given by the Vineyard Geodatabase, an electronic map elaborated from various sources (Atlases, wine region maps, land cover database…).

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Publication date: June 22, 2020

Issue: Terroir 2016

Type: Article

Authors

Benjamin BOIS (1), Catinca GAVRILESCU (1), Marco MORIONDO (2), Gregory V. JONES (3)

(1) Centre de Recherches de Climatologie, UMR Biogeosciences 6282 CNRS / Univ. Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, 6bd Gabriel 21000 Dijon. France
(2) CNR-IBIMET, via G. Caproni 8, 50145, Florence, Italy
(3) Department of Environmental Studies, Southern Oregon University, 97520,101A Taylor Hall, Ashland, OR, U.S.A.

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Keywords

Climate, viticulture, vineyard geodatabase, WorldClim, Growing season temperature, temperature extremes

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IVES Conference Series | Terroir 2016

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