Simulating crop yield losses in Switzerland for historical and present Tambora climate scenarios

Severe climatic anomalies in summer 1816, partly due to the eruption of Tambora in April 1815, contributed to delayed growth and poor harvests of important crops in Central Europe. Coinciding with adverse socio-economic conditions, this event triggered the last subsistence crisis in the western Worl...

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Main Authors: Simon Flückiger, Stefan Brönnimann, Annelie Holzkämper, Jürg Fuhrer, Daniel Krämer, Christian Pfister, Christian Rohr
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IOP Publishing 2017-01-01
Series:Environmental Research Letters
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/aa7246