The Effects of Climate Change on Variability of the Growing Seasons in the Elbe River Lowland, Czech Republic

Table 4

Projected dates of the start, end, and length of the regional growing season for two future periods (2021–2050 and 2071–2100) based on two different RCMs by A1B scenario run over the Elbe River lowland.

	Start	End	Length	Start	End	Length	Start	End	Length
2021–2050 by ALADIN-Climate/CZ (RegCM)
Median	81; (82)	315; (316)	234; (234)	107; (100)	284; (290)	178; (190)	141; (135)	255; (259)	114; (124)
Earliest/shortest	51; (56)	289; (289)	182; (178)	80; (81)	268; (263)	154; (165)	120; (88)	242; (233)	86; (91)
Latest/longest	107; (132)	345; (348)	272; (257)	123; (128)	302; (323)	207; (243)	166; (170)	273; (290)	140; (171)
2071–2100 by ALADIN-Climate/CZ (RegCM)
Median	59; (60)	318; (320)	267; (260)	81; (80)	293; (298)	212; (212)	133; (128)	267; (269)	134; (141)
Earliest/shortest	28; (73)	301; (297)	225; (198)	39; (69)	281; (262)	175; (157)	84; (95)	247; (242)	93; (107)
Latest/longest	85; (116)	344; (350)	310; (259)	110; (128)	310; (322)	262; (243)	170; (153)	285; (311)	187; (185)