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In their paper, Parryet al. [5] analyse the potential effects of climate change on agricultural land use owing to the response of the world food system to global climate change as well as to the specific changes in climate in various regions of the world. As input for their crop yield model Parry et al. use observed climate data and results of climate simulations performed with three different general circulation models (Gcms) of the atmosphere. The models provide the information on potential climate change owing to an increase in greenhouse gases which is expected to happen within the next century.
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Claussen, M. (1998). Commentary: On the Inconsistency at the Interface of Climate Impact Studies and Global Climate Simulations. In: Schellnhuber, HJ., Wenzel, V. (eds) Earth System Analysis. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-52354-0_9
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