Mediterranean irrigation under climate change:  more efficient irrigation needed to compensate for  increases in irrigation water requirements

Fader, M.; Shi, S.; von Bloh, W.; Bondeau, A.; Cramer, W.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-20-953-2016

Articles | Volume 20, issue 2

https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-20-953-2016

© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-20-953-2016

© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 20, issue 2

Research article

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03 Mar 2016

Research article |

| 03 Mar 2016

Mediterranean irrigation under climate change: more efficient irrigation needed to compensate for increases in irrigation water requirements

M. Fader, S. Shi, W. von Bloh, A. Bondeau, and W. Cramer

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AC: Author comment | RC: Referee comment | SC: Short comment | EC: Editor comment

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RC C4041: 'Comments', Anonymous Referee #1, 05 Oct 2015
RC C4164: 'Review of hess-2015-303', Anonymous Referee #2, 08 Oct 2015
AC C4841: 'Response reviews', Marianela Fader, 12 Nov 2015

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AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision

ED: Reconsider after major revisions (13 Nov 2015) by Lixin Wang

AR by Marianela Fader on behalf of the Authors (05 Dec 2015) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (07 Dec 2015) by Lixin Wang

RR by Anonymous Referee #2 (30 Dec 2015)

RR by Anonymous Referee #1 (07 Jan 2016)

ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (Editor review) (20 Jan 2016) by Lixin Wang

AR by Marianela Fader on behalf of the Authors (20 Jan 2016) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (22 Jan 2016) by Lixin Wang

AR by Marianela Fader on behalf of the Authors (29 Jan 2016)

Short summary

At present, the Mediterranean region could save 35 % of water by implementing more efficient irrigation and conveyance systems (EICS). By 2080–2090 the region may face an increase in gross irrigation requirements (IRs) of up to 74 % due to climate change and population growth. EICS may be able to compensate to some degree these increases. Most countries in the northern and eastern Mediterranean have a high risk of not being able to meet future IRs due to water scarcity.