Viticulture and winemaking are important socioeconomic sectors in many European regions.
Climate plays a vital role in the terroir of a given wine region, as it strongly controls canopy …

Partitioning of evapotranspiration (ET) into evaporation from the soil (E) and transpiration
through the stomata of plants (T) is challenging but important in order to assess biomass …

Water availability is endangering the production, quality, and economic viability of growing
wine grapes worldwide. Climate change projections reveal warming and drying trends for …

The current study aims at reviewing and providing advances on methods for estimating and
applying crop coefficients from observations of ground cover and vegetation height. The …

The present study reviews the research on the FAO56 crop coefficients of fruit trees and
vines performed over the past twenty years. The main objective was to update information …

The increasing world population and expected climate scenarios impel the agricultural
sector towards a more efficient use of water. The scientific community is responding to that …

Climate change projections for Southern Europe reveal warming and drying trends for the
upcoming decades, bringing important challenges to Portuguese viticulture in particular. The …

In this study, a two-year experiment in an irrigated vineyard was conducted to investigate the
variations in energy fluxes (net radiation, R n; latent heat flux, LE; sensible heat flux, H; and …

Aim: The winemaking sector in Portugal is of major socio-economic relevance, significantly
contributing to the national exports and sustaining many wine-related activities, including …

Soil flooding has emerged as a serious threat to modern agriculture due to the rapid global
warming and climate change, resulting in catastrophic crop damage and yield losses. The …