2050–2069 mean yield minus the simulated baseline yield Ann-Kristin Koehler Andrew J Challinor Ed Hawkins Senthold Asseng 10.6084/m9.figshare.1011523.v1 https://iop.figshare.com/articles/figure/_2050_2069_mean_yield_minus_the_simulated_baseline_yield/1011523 <p><strong>Figure 1.</strong> 2050–2069 mean yield minus the simulated baseline yield. Future simulations with the raw climate model output (QUMP raw) are compared to baseline simulations with the raw climate model output and future simulations with the bias-corrected climate model output (QUMP BC, QUMP CF) are compared to simulations with the ERA40 data.</p> <p><strong>Abstract</strong></p> <p>As climate changes, temperatures will play an increasing role in determining crop yield. Both climate model error and lack of constrained physiological thresholds limit the predictability of yield. We used a perturbed-parameter climate model ensemble with two methods of bias-correction as input to a regional-scale wheat simulation model over India to examine future yields. This model configuration accounted for uncertainty in climate, planting date, optimization, temperature-induced changes in development rate and reproduction. It also accounts for lethal temperatures, which have been somewhat neglected to date. Using uncertainty decomposition, we found that fractional uncertainty due to temperature-driven processes in the crop model was on average larger than climate model uncertainty (0.56 versus 0.44), and that the crop model uncertainty is dominated by crop development. Simulations with the raw compared to the bias-corrected climate data did not agree on the impact on future wheat yield, nor its geographical distribution. However the method of bias-correction was not an important source of uncertainty. We conclude that bias-correction of climate model data and improved constraints on especially crop development are critical for robust impact predictions.</p> 2013-08-05 00:00:00 climate model output climate model data cf climate model error future simulations crop development bc ERA 40 data crop model uncertainty qump Environmental Science