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Table 5 Area affected (%) per WCSI categories under climate change projections for three models

From: Modeling the impacts of projected climate change on wheat crop suitability in semi-arid regions using the AHP-based weighted climatic suitability index and CMIP6

Class

Baseline

Class

SSP126

SSP245

SSP585

2020

2040

2080

2100

2020

2040

2080

2100

2020

2040

2080

2100

1982

2015

S1(95–100)

13

BCC-CSM2-MR

S1

15.5 (+ 2.5)

14.8 (+ 1.8)

21.4 (+ 8.4)

16.4 (+ 3.4)

21.6 (+ 8.6)

6.1(− 6.9)

S2

74.7 (− 2.5)

80.1 (+ 2.9)

73.1 (− 4.1)

64 (− 13.2)

66.6(− 10.6)

63.1(− 14.1)

S3

9.8 (0)

5.1(-4.7)

5.5 (− 4.3)

19.6 (+ 9.8)

11.8 (+ 2)

30.8 (+ 21)

S2(85–95)

77.2

CanESM5

S1

21.4(+ 8.4)

21.6(+ 8.6)

21.3(+ 8.3)

13.5(+ 0.5)

20.5(+ 7.5)

1.3(− 11.7)

S2

64.4(− 12.8)

60.8(−16.4)

64(− 13.2)

59.2(− 18)

64.2(− 13)

64.5(− 12.7)

S3

14.2(+ 4.4)

17.6(+ 7.8)

14.7(+ 4.9)

27.3(+ 17.5)

15.3(+ 5.5)

34.2(+ 24.4)

S3(60–85)

9.8

IPSL-CM6A-LR

S1

21.2(+ 8.2)

15.6(+ 2.6)

15(+ 2)

8.8(− 4.2)

21.6(+ 8.6)

2.2(− 10.8)

S2

66.4(− 10.8)

67.3(− 9.9)

68.2(− 9)

60.8(− 16.4)

68.5(− 8.7)

62.6(− 14.6)

S3

12.4(+ 2.6)

17.1(+ 7.3)

16.8(+ 7)

30.4(+ 20.6)

9.9(+ 0.1)

35.2(+ 25.4)

  1. The values in parentheses are the amount of change compared to baseline climate values (%)
  2. The bold values indicate a significant change in WCSI categories