Articles | Volume 14
https://doi.org/10.5194/asr-14-1-2017
https://doi.org/10.5194/asr-14-1-2017
07 Feb 2017
 | 07 Feb 2017

Present and future responses of growing degree days for Crete Island in Greece

Spyridon Paparrizos and Andreas Matzarakis

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This preprint is open for discussion and under review for Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences (NHESS).
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Determination of heat requirements in the first developing phases of plants has been expressed as Growing Degree Days (GDD) and is useful in order to understand the flowering season development in plant species, and forecast when flowering will occur. The study dealt with the estimation of GDD in Crete Island in Greece. Results indicated that in the future, GDD will be increased and the existing cultivations can reach maturity sooner. Neverthelless, rough topography will act as an inhibitor.
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