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Characterization of the Wine Grape Thermohydrological Conditions in the Tropical Brazilian Growing Region: Long-Term and Future Assessments

Table 2

Mean values of the vineyard water index for the wine grape, cv. Syrah, considering an average growing season (VWI_GS) of four months and the baseline conditions (1961–1990), in the Brazilian Northeastern states of Maranhão (MA), Piauí (PI), Ceará (CE), Rio Grande do Norte (RN), Paraíba (PB), Pernambuco (PE), Alagoas (AL), Sergipe (SE), and Bahia (BA).


Pruning date	VWI_{GS_MA}	VWI_{GS_PI}	VWI_{GS_CE}	VWI_{GS_RN}	VWI_{GS_PB}	VWI_{GS_PE}	VWI_{GS_AL}	VWI_{GS_SE}	VWI_{GS_BA}

January	3.52	2.18	1.92	1.39	1.46	1.28	0.99	0.94	1.32
February	3.36	1.89	2.07	1.59	1.61	1.35	1.30	1.35	1.11
March	2.67	1.41	1.79	1.51	1.55	1.30	1.55	1.67	0.90
April	2.48	1.36	1.70	1.47	1.50	1.27	1.52	1.65	0.88
May	0.77	0.24	0.49	0.64	0.75	0.69	1.37	1.62	0.41
June	0.39	0.11	0.19	0.37	0.49	0.49	1.03	1.23	0.34
July	0.34	0.17	0.09	0.20	0.30	0.33	0.68	0.85	0.38
August	0.45	0.36	0.07	0.10	0.18	0.23	0.42	0.58	0.59
September	0.71	0.61	0.12	0.10	0.18	0.27	0.33	0.44	0.84
October	1.24	1.00	0.32	0.20	0.29	0.40	0.34	0.41	1.11
November	1.93	1.44	0.69	0.45	0.55	0.63	0.46	0.49	1.32
December	2.76	1.89	1.30	0.90	1.00	0.98	0.69	0.63	1.36
Year	1.72	1.06	0.90	0.74	0.84	0.77	0.89	0.99	0.88