Historical phenology: grape ripening as a past climate indicator.
French records of grape-harvest dates in Burgundy were used to reconstruct spring-summer temperatures from 1370 to 2003 using a process-based phenology model developed for the Pinot Noir grape. Our results reveal that temperatures as high as those reached in the 1990s have occurred several times in Burgundy since 1370. However, the summer of 2003 appears to have been extraordinary, with temperatures that were probably higher than in any other year since 1370.
Chuine
Isabelle
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CEFE-CNRS, 1919 route de Mende, 34293 Montpellier, France.
Yiou
Pascal
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Viovy
Nicolas
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Seguin
Bernard
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Daux
Valérie
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Le Roy Ladurie
Emmanuel
E
D002980:Climate; D005602:France; D049668:History, 15th Century; D049669:History, 16th Century; D049670:History, 17th Century; D049671:History, 18th Century; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049674:History, 21st Century; D049691:History, Medieval; D012621:Seasons; D013696:Temperature; D014197:Trees / Q000254:growth & development; D027843:Vitis / Q000254:growth & development / Q000502:physiology*