TerraClim

Climate projections for the future suggest favourable conditions for some agricultural producing regions, but challenging conditions for others. For instance, temperature increases are likely to shift plant phenology, ripening and harvest dates, and potentially affect quality and yield. The commercial value of accurate and up-to-date climate data emerged from feedback received in response to a series of demonstrations to the wine and fruit industries. TerraClim combines high resolution terrain data with weather station data (sourced from several data providers) to model climatic conditions within an orchard or vineyard. The TerraClim climate database allows for dynamic mapping, statistical interrogation, data mining, machine learning and climate change analysis over time and space. Seasonal management is possible today with the new decision making tool TerraClim, that provides climate and terrain information to farm and field level to improve long and short term decision making in the context of climate change specific to a region and cultivar specific physiology.