caa a22 4500 46903744X CHVBK 20180323132759.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170328e19920801xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/BF00141376 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/BF00141376 Climate change in Thailand and its potential impact on rice yield [Elektronische Daten] [Dominique Bachelet, Douglas Brown, Margi Böhm, Periann Russell] In Thailand, the world's largest rice exporter, rice constitutes a major export on which the economy of the whole country depends. Climate change could affect rice growth and development and thus jeopardize Thailand's wealth. Current climatic conditions in Thailand are compared to predictions from four general circulation models (GCMs). Temperature predictions correlate well with the observed values. Predictions of monthly rainfall correlate poorly. Virtually all models agree that significant increases in temperature (from 1 to 7 °C) will occur in the region including Thailand following a doubling in atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) concentration. The regional seasonality and extent of the rise in temperature varies with each model. Predictions of changes in rainfall vary widely between models. Global warming should in principle allow a northward expansion of rice-growing areas and a lengthening of the growing season now constrained by low temperatures. The expected increase in water-use efficiency due to enhanced CO2 might decrease the water deficit vulnerability of dryland rice areas and could make it possible to slightly expand them. Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1992 Bachelet Dominique ManTech Environmental Technology Inc., USA aut Brown Douglas ManTech Environmental Technology Inc., USA aut Böhm Margi ManTech Environmental Technology Inc., USA aut Russell Periann ManTech Environmental Technology Inc., USA aut Climatic Change Kluwer Academic Publishers 21/4(1992-08-01), 347-366 0165-0009 21:4<347 1992 21 10584 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00141376 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00141376 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Bachelet Dominique ManTech Environmental Technology Inc., USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Brown Douglas ManTech Environmental Technology Inc., USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Böhm Margi ManTech Environmental Technology Inc., USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Russell Periann ManTech Environmental Technology Inc., USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Climatic Change Kluwer Academic Publishers 21/4(1992-08-01), 347-366 0165-0009 21:4<347 1992 21 10584 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer