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      <journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">AMETE</journal-id>
      <journal-title-group>
        <journal-title>Advances in Meteorology</journal-title>
      </journal-title-group>
      <issn pub-type="epub">1687-9317</issn>
      <issn pub-type="ppub">1687-9309</issn>
      <publisher>
        <publisher-name>Hindawi Publishing Corporation</publisher-name>
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      <article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.1155/2016/5731319</article-id>
      <article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">5731319</article-id>
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        <subj-group subj-group-type="heading">
          <subject>Research Article</subject>
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      <title-group>
        <article-title>Impact of Continuous Cropping on the Diurnal Range of Dew Point Temperature during the Foliar Expansion Period of Annual Crops on the Canadian Prairies</article-title>
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      <contrib-group>
        <contrib contrib-type="author" id="U34301514">
          <name>
            <surname>Shrestha</surname>
            <given-names>Bharat M.</given-names>
          </name>
          <email>bshresth@lakeheadu.ca</email>
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            <sup>1,2</sup>
          </xref>
          <xref ref-type="aff" rid="I2">2</xref>
        </contrib>
        <contrib contrib-type="author" id="U69170937">
          <name>
            <surname>Raddatz</surname>
            <given-names>Richard L.</given-names>
          </name>
          <email>rick.raddatz@shaw.ca</email>
          <xref ref-type="aff" rid="I3">
            <sup>3</sup>
          </xref>
        </contrib>
        <contrib contrib-type="author" id="U93649072" corresp="yes">
          <name>
            <surname>Desjardins</surname>
            <given-names>Raymond L.</given-names>
          </name>
          <email>ray.desjardins@agr.gc.ca</email>
          <xref ref-type="aff" rid="I1">
            <sup>1</sup>
          </xref>
        </contrib>
        <contrib contrib-type="author" id="U30325817">
          <name>
            <surname>Worth</surname>
            <given-names>Devon E.</given-names>
          </name>
          <email>devon.worth@agr.gc.ca</email>
          <xref ref-type="aff" rid="I1">
            <sup>1</sup>
          </xref>
        </contrib>
        <contrib contrib-type="Academic Editor" id="U98021943">
          <name>
            <surname>Ren</surname>
            <given-names>Li-Liang </given-names>
          </name>
        </contrib>
      </contrib-group>
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        <sup>1</sup>
        <addr-line>Ottawa Research and Development Centre</addr-line>
        <addr-line>960 Carling Avenue</addr-line>
        <addr-line>K. W. Neatby Building</addr-line>
        <addr-line>Ottawa</addr-line>
        <addr-line>ON</addr-line>
        <country>Canada</country>
        <addr-line>K1A 0C6</addr-line>
        <ext-link ext-link-type="domain-name"></ext-link>
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      <aff id="I2">
        <sup>2</sup>
        <addr-line>Ontario Forest Research Institute</addr-line>
        <addr-line>Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry</addr-line>
        <addr-line>1235 Queen Street East</addr-line>
        <addr-line>Sault Ste. Marie</addr-line>
        <addr-line>ON</addr-line>
        <country>Canada</country>
        <addr-line>P6A 2E5</addr-line>
        <ext-link ext-link-type="domain-name">ontario.ca</ext-link>
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      <aff id="I3">
        <sup>3</sup>
        <addr-line>Centre for Earth Observation Science</addr-line>
        <addr-line>University of Manitoba</addr-line>
        <addr-line>Winnipeg</addr-line>
        <addr-line>MB</addr-line>
        <country>Canada</country>
        <addr-line>R3T 2N2</addr-line>
        <ext-link ext-link-type="domain-name">umanitoba.ca</ext-link>
      </aff>
      <pub-date pub-type="publication-year">
        <year>2016</year>
      </pub-date>
      <pub-date pub-type="archival-date"><day>29</day><month>12</month><year>2015</year></pub-date>
      <volume>2016</volume>
      <history>
        <date date-type="received">
          <day>27</day>
          <month>06</month>
          <year>2015</year>
        </date>
        <date date-type="rev-recd">
          <day>05</day>
          <month>11</month>
          <year>2015</year>
        </date>
        <date date-type="accepted">
          <day>08</day>
          <month>11</month>
          <year>2015</year>
        </date>
      </history>
      <permissions>
        <copyright-year>2016</copyright-year>
        <copyright-holder>Copyright &#xa9; 2016 Bharat M. Shrestha et al.</copyright-holder>
        <license license-type="open-access">
          <license-p>This is an open access article distributed under the <ext-link xlink:href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/">Creative Commons Attribution License</ext-link>, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.</license-p>
        </license>
      </permissions>
      <abstract>
        <p>It is important to increase our knowledge of the role of land use in changing the regional climate. This study asked, &#x201c;Has the increase in continuous cropping over the past 50 years on the Canadian Prairies influenced the daily mean and range of morning dew point temperatures <inline-formula><mml:math id="M1"><mml:mo stretchy="false">(</mml:mo><mml:msub><mml:mrow><mml:mi>T</mml:mi></mml:mrow><mml:mrow><mml:mi>d</mml:mi></mml:mrow></mml:msub><mml:mo stretchy="false">)</mml:mo></mml:math></inline-formula> during the foliar expansion period (from mid-June to mid-July) of annual field crops?&#x201d; We found that there has been a general increase in the decadal average of mean daily <inline-formula><mml:math id="M2"><mml:mrow><mml:msub><mml:mrow><mml:mi>T</mml:mi></mml:mrow><mml:mrow><mml:mi>d</mml:mi></mml:mrow></mml:msub></mml:mrow></mml:math></inline-formula> and in the range of morning <inline-formula><mml:math id="M3"><mml:mrow><mml:msub><mml:mrow><mml:mi>T</mml:mi></mml:mrow><mml:mrow><mml:mi>d</mml:mi></mml:mrow></mml:msub></mml:mrow></mml:math></inline-formula> from the 1960s to the 2000s. The increase in the observed range of <inline-formula><mml:math id="M4"><mml:mrow><mml:msub><mml:mrow><mml:mi>T</mml:mi></mml:mrow><mml:mrow><mml:mi>d</mml:mi></mml:mrow></mml:msub></mml:mrow></mml:math></inline-formula> between the daily minimum value, which typically occurs near sunrise, and the late morning peak was found to be related to the increase in annual crop acreage and consequent decrease in summerfallow area. The relationship was more significant in the subhumid climatic zone than in the semiarid climatic zone, and it was influenced by whether the region was experiencing either wet, normal, or dry conditions.</p>
      </abstract> 
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