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Climate Change Projections for the Portuguese Viticulture Using a Multi-Model Ensemble

Authors: Fraga, Helder; Santos, João A.; Malheiro, Aureliano C.; Moutinho-Pereira, José;

Climate Change Projections for the Portuguese Viticulture Using a Multi-Model Ensemble

Abstract

A vitivinicultura portuguesa representa uma atividade económica de extrema importância para o sector agrícola nacional, nomeadamente para algumas regiões de renome, como as Regiões Demarcadas do Alentejo, Dão, Douro ou Vinhos Verdes. A zonagem vitícola permite avaliar a adaptabilidade de uma dada casta às condições climáticas locais. Dada a diversidade climática existente no território português, esta zonagem é assim de particular interesse para a fileira vitivinícola nacional. Sabe-se ainda que alterações no clima futuro poderão ter impactos importantes sobre essa zonagem. No presente estudo é discutida a zonagem vitícola atual em Portugal, bem como as variações induzidas pelas alterações climáticas no período 2011-2070. Para o efeito, a partir de temperaturas e precipitações diárias, foram calculados os índices de Huglin, de frescura das noites, de secura, um índice hidrotérmico e um índice composto, baseado nos índices anteriores. Para a avaliação das condições no passado-recente (1961-2000) foi utilizada uma base de dados observacionais (E-OBS), enquanto para as projeções climáticas foi considerada uma base de dados composta por 16 simulações de modelos climáticos (projeto ENSEMBLES). No clima futuro são projetados aumentos significativos nos índices térmicos, enquanto nos índices de base pluviométrica são projetadas diminuições, em particular sobre o interior sul de Portugal. Pelo exposto, é previsível que nas próximas décadas ocorra uma redistribuição das regiões vitivinícolas portuguesas, destacando-se, por conseguinte, a necessidade de desenvolver atempadamente medidas adequadas de adaptação/mitigação ao nível das castas e dos porta-enxertos recomendados, bem como ao nível das práticas culturais, para ajudar a manter a tipicidade dos vinhos.

Portuguese vitiviniculture represents an extremely important economic activity for the agricultural sector, particularly for some renowned winemaking regions, such as Alentejo, Dão, Douro, and Minho. Viticultural zoning allows tying the suitability of a given grapevine variety to the local soil and climatic conditions. Given the existing climate variability in the Portuguese territory and its likely changes in the future, this zoning is thus of utmost interest. In this study, the current viticultural zoning in Portugal is discussed, as well as changes induced by climate change in the period 2011-2070. For this purpose, daily temperatures and precipitation rates were used to calculate the Huglin, cool night, dryness and hydrothermal indices. A composite index based on the previous indices was also calculated. For the assessment of the recent past conditions (1961-2000), an observational dataset (E-OBS) was used, while for future climate projections, a dataset comprising 16 simulations of regional climate models (produced by the ENSEMBLES project) was considered. In the future climate, statistically significant increases in the thermal indices are projected to occur in the next decades, while for the precipitation-based indices decreases might be expected, particularly over the south and innermost regions of Portugal. A reshaping of the main Portuguese winemaking regions is likely to occur in the upcoming decades, therefore emphasizing the need for the development of appropriate measures for the adaptation to or mitigation of these climatic changes at the level of varieties and rootstocks used, as well as at the implemented cultural practices, keeping the typicity and wine styles.

Keywords

climate change, viticultural zoning, bioclimatic indices, Portuguese viticulture, climate models, viticultura portuguesa, zonagem vitícola, modelos climáticos, índices bioclimáticos, alterações climáticas

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