Recent evidence for warmer and drier growing seasons in climate sensitive regions of Central America from multiple global datasets

• Published in: International journal of climatology Vol. 42; no. 3; pp. 1399 - 1417
• Main Authors: Stewart, Iris T., Maurer, Edwin P., Stahl, Kerstin, Joseph, Kenneth
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Chichester, UK John Wiley & Sons, Ltd 15.03.2022; Wiley Subscription Services, Inc
• Subjects: Agriculture; Annual precipitation; Aridity; Atmospheric precipitations; Central America; Climate; Climate adaptation; climate change; Climatic data; Datasets; Drought; dry corridor; Dry season; Drying; Global climate; Growing season; Livelihoods; Precipitation; Rain; Seasonal variation; Seasonal variations; Statistical analysis; Summer; Temperature variations; Winter; Central America; Mexico

Smallholder livelihoods throughout Central America are built on rain‐fed agriculture and depend on seasonal variations in temperature and precipitation. Recent climatic shifts in this highly diverse region are not well understood due to sparse observations, and as the skill of global climate product...