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Current Benefits of Wildfire Smoke for Yields in the US Midwest May Dissipate by 2050

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dc.contributor.authorBehrer, Arnold Patrick
dc.contributor.authorWang, Sherrie
dc.date.accessioned2022-03-09T18:43:14Z
dc.date.available2022-03-09T18:43:14Z
dc.date.issued2022-03-03
dc.description.abstractWildfires throughout western North America produce smoke plumes that can stretch across the agricultural regions of the American Midwest. Climate change is likely to increase the number and size of these fires and subsequent smoke plumes. These smoke plumes change direct, diffuse, and total sunlight during the crop growing season and consequently influence yields of both corn and soybeans. The analysis in this paper uses a twelve-year panel of county-level yields from all counties east of the 100th meridian combined with measures of exposure to smoke plumes of low and high density during the growing season. It shows that low-density plumes enhance yields, likely by increasing in the fraction of diffuse light, while high-density plumes decrease yields. Because there are more low-density plumes today, the net effect is a slight increase in yields on average. As climate change makes wildfires larger and more frequent, the overall impact of smoke on yields is expected to be substantially more negative.en
dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/412661646340432785/Current-Benefits-of-Wildfire-Smoke-for-Yields-in-the-US-Midwest-May-Dissipate-by-2050
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-9953
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/37106
dc.languageEnglish
dc.publisherWashington, DC: World Bank
dc.relation.ispartofseriesPolicy Research Working Paper; 9953
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo
dc.subjectIMPACT OF CLIMATE CHANGE
dc.subjectGLOBAL LAND CARBON SINK
dc.subjectCLOUD FORMATION
dc.subjectEXPOSURE TO SMOKE
dc.subjectSEVERE DROUGHT
dc.subjectIMPACT ON YIELD
dc.subjectMETEOROLOGICAL VARIABLES
dc.titleCurrent Benefits of Wildfire Smoke for Yields in the US Midwest May Dissipate by 2050en
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dc.typeDocument de travailfr
dc.typeDocumento de trabajoes
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okr.date.disclosure2022-03-03
okr.date.lastmodified2022-03-03T00:00:00Zen
okr.doctypePolicy Research Working Paper
okr.doctypePublications & Research
okr.docurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/412661646340432785/Current-Benefits-of-Wildfire-Smoke-for-Yields-in-the-US-Midwest-May-Dissipate-by-2050
okr.guid412661646340432785
okr.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-9953
okr.identifier.externaldocumentum090224b088d0fbca_1_0
okr.identifier.internaldocumentum33749947
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okr.region.countryUnited States
okr.topicClimate Change and Environment
okr.topicClimate Change and Health
okr.topicScience of Climate Change
okr.topicCrops and Crop Management Systems
okr.topicClimate Change and Agriculture
okr.topicPollution Management and Control
okr.topicAir Quality and Clean Air
okr.topicClimate Change Impacts
okr.unitDEC-Sustainability & Infrastruct (DECSI)
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