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Effects of Climate Change on Global Food Production from SRES Emissions and Socioeconomic Scenarios
Entry ID: CIESIN_SEDAC_MVA_ECCGFPSRES

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Summary

Abstract: Effects of Climate Change on Global Food Production from SRES Emissions and Socioeconomic Scenarios is an update to a major crop modeling study by the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS). The initial study was published in 1997, based on output of HadCM2 model forced with greenhouse gas concentration from the IS95 emission scenarios in 1997. Results of the initial study are presented at SEDAC's Potential Impacts of Climate Change on World Food Supply: Data Sets from a Major Crop Modeling Study, released in 2001. The co-authors developed and tested a method for investigating the spatial implications of climate change on crop production. The Decision Support System for Agrotechnology Transfer (DSSAT) dynamic process crop growth models, are specified and validated for one hundred and twenty seven sites in the major world agricultural regions. Results from the crop models, calibrated and validated in the major crop-growing regions, are then used to test functional forms describing the response of yield changes in the climate and environmental conditions. This updated version is based on HadCM3 model output along with GHG concentrations from the Special Report on Emissions Scenarios (SRES). The crop yield estimates incorporate some major improvements: 1) consistent crop simulation methodology and climate change scenarios; 2) weighting of model site results by contribution to regional and national, and rainfed and irrigated production; 3) quantitative foundation for estimation of physiological CO2 effects on crop yields; 4) Adaptation is explicitly considered; and 5) results are reported by country rather than by Basic Linked System region. The data are produced by A. Iglesias and C. Rosenzweig and the maps are produced by the Columbia University Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN).

The data in Microsoft Excel (XLS) format and maps in Portable Document Format (PDF) and Portable Network Graphics (PNG) formats are available from the NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC).

Purpose: To provide an assessment of potential climate change impacts on world crop production.

Related URL

Link: GET DATA
Description: Data download page.

Link: GET RELATED VISUALIZATION
Description: Maps in PDF and PNG formats.

Geographic Coverage

N: 90.0 S: -58.0 E: 180.0 W: -180.0

Data Set Citation

Dataset Originator/Creator: Iglesias, A., and C. Rosensweig
Dataset Title: Effects of Climate Change on Global Food Production from SRES Emissions and Socioeconomic Scenarios
Dataset Release Date: 2009
Dataset Release Place: Palisades, NY
Dataset Publisher: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC)
Data Presentation Form: tabular digital data, maps
Online Resource: http://sedac.ciesin.columbia.edu/data/set/crop-climate-effects-clim...

Temporal Coverage

Start Date: 1970-01-01

Stop Date: 2000-12-31

Science Keywords

AGRICULTURE >AGRICULTURAL PLANT SCIENCE >CROP/PLANT YIELDS    [Definition]

ATMOSPHERE >AIR QUALITY >EMISSIONS    [Definition]

ATMOSPHERE >PRECIPITATION >PRECIPITATION AMOUNT    [Definition]

ATMOSPHERE >ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION >SOLAR RADIATION    [Definition]

ATMOSPHERE >ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY >CARBON AND HYDROCARBON COMPOUNDS >CARBON DIOXIDE    [Definition]

ISO Topic Category

FARMING
CLIMATOLOGY/METEOROLOGY/ATMOSPHERE

Project

EOSDIS >Earth Observing System Data Information System    [Information]

ESIP >Earth Science Information Partners Program    [Information]

MVA >Model Visualization and Analysis    [Information]

Access Constraints

None

Use Constraints

The Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS) and Trustees of Columbia University hold the copyright of this dataset. Users are prohibited from any commercial, non-free resale, or redistribution without explicit written permission from GISS and CIESIN. Users should acknowledge GISS and CIESIN as the source used in the creation of any reports, publications, new datasets, derived products, or services resulting from the use of this dataset. GISS and CIESIN also request reprints of any publications and notification of any redistributing efforts.

Keywords

CIESIN > Agriculture and Food Security > Agricultural Production > Crop Yields

CIESIN > Agriculture and Food Security > Agricultural Production > Food Production

CIESIN > Environmental Protection > Air Quality > Emissions

CIESIN > Environmental Protection > Atmospheric Composition > Carbon Dioxide

Basic Link System

BLS

Calorie Exporters

Calorie Importers

Cash Crops

Climate Change

Climate Change Scenarios

Crop Simulation Models

Equilibrium Scenarios

Fertilization

Food Crops

Food Shortages

GCM

Global Climate Models

High Income Countries

Industrial Crops

Irrigation

Low Income Countries

Maize

Oil Exporting Countries

Plant Growth

Price Increase

Protein Feed

Rice

Risk of Hunger

Soybeans

Sulphate Aerosols

Temperature

Timing of Labors

Transient Scenarios

Wheat

World Food Supply

Data Set Progress

COMPLETE

Originating Center

SEDAC

Data Center

Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center [Information]
Data Center URL: http://sedac.ciesin.columbia.edu/
Dataset ID: CIESIN_SEDAC_MVA_ECCGFPSRES

Data Center Personnel

Name: SEDAC USER SERVICES
Phone: +1 845-365-8920
Fax: +1 845-365-8922
Email: ciesin.info at ciesin.columbia.edu
Contact Address:
61 Route 9W, P.O. Box 1000
City: Palisades
Province or State: NY
Postal Code: 10964
Country: USA

World Data Center for Human Interactions in the Environment [Information]
Data Center URL: http://sedac.ciesin.columbia.edu/wdc/
Dataset ID: CIESIN_SEDAC_MVA_ECCGFPSRES

Data Center Personnel

Name: ROBERT CHEN
Phone: 1-845-365-8952
Fax: 1-845-365-8922
Email: bchen at ciesin.columbia.edu
Contact Address:
WDC for Human Interactions in the Environment
CIESIN/Columbia University
P. O. Box 1000
61 Route 9W
City: Palisades
Province or State: NY
Postal Code: 10964
Country: USA

Distribution

Distribution_Media: ONLINE HTTP
Distribution_Format: XLS
Fees: 0

Distribution_Media: ONLINE HTTP
Distribution_Format: PDF
Fees: 0

Distribution_Media: ONLINE HTTP
Distribution_Format: PNG
Fees: 0

Personnel

SEDAC USER SERVICES
Role: TECHNICAL CONTACT
Phone: +1 845-365-8920
Fax: +1 845-365-8922
Email: ciesin.info at ciesin.columbia.edu
Contact Address:
61 Route 9W, P.O. Box 1000
City: Palisades
Province or State: NY
Postal Code: 10964
Country: USA

CIESIN METADATA ADMINISTRATION
Role: DIF AUTHOR
Phone: +1 845-365-8988
Fax: +1 845-365-8922
Email: metadata at ciesin.columbia.edu
Contact Address:
61 Route 9W, P.O. Box 1000
City: Palisades
Province or State: New York
Postal Code: 10964
Country: USA

Publications/References

Bernasconi, P. N., D. M. Rust, and H. A. C. Eaton, High Resolution Vector Magnetograms with the Flare Genesis Vector Polarimeter, in M. Sigwarth (ed.), Advanced Solar Polarimetry & Theory, Observation, and Instrumentation, ASP Conf. Ser. 236, p. 399-406, 2002.

Georgoulis, M. K., D. M. Rust, P. N. Bernasconi, and B. Schmieder, Statistics, Morphology, and Energetics of Ellerman Bombs, Astrophys. J. 575, 506-528, 2002.

Bernasconi, P. N., D. M. Rust, M. K. Georgoulis, and B. J. LaBonte, Moving Dipolar Features in an Emerging Flux Region, Solar Phys. (in press), 2002.

Creation and Review Dates

DIF Creation Date: 2005-10-19

Last DIF Revision Date: 2012-01-31

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