Improving the validation of model-simulated crop yield response to climate change: An application to the EPIC model

Climate Research

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 263-273

  Easterling, William E ^a   Chen, Xiafen ^a   Hays, Cynthia ^a   Brandie, James R ^a   Zhang, Hehui ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Climate impacts; Crop model; Ecological model; Validation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000934681     PISSN: 0936577X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/cr006263     Document Type: Article

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