Utilising a farm-level decision model to help prioritise future climate prediction research needs

Meteorological Applications

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 161-170

  Mjelde, James W ^a   Thompson, Troy N ^b   Nixon, Clair J ^a   Lamb, Peter J ^c  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HALLIBURTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CROPS; GRAIN (AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT); WEATHER FORECASTING;

CLIMATE FORECASTS; DECISION MODELING; ECONOMIC VALUES; FUTURE CLIMATE; NITROGEN LEVELS; PRECIPITATION FORECAST; SEASONAL CLIMATE FORECAST; SEASONAL PRECIPITATIONS;

CLIMATE MODELS;

CLIMATE PREDICTION; CROP PLANT; ECONOMIC CONDITIONS; FUTURE PROSPECT; GROWTH; MODEL; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 0001675935     PISSN: 13504827     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1350482797000418     Document Type: Article

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