Mean and variance change in climate scenarios: Methods, agricultural applications, and measures of uncertainty

Climatic Change

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 367-396

  Mearns, Linda O ^a   Rosenzweig, Cynthia ^b   Goldberg, Richard ^b  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD INSTITUTE FOR SPACE STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE INCREASE; CERES-WHEAT MODEL; CLIMATE CHANGE; CROP YIELD; PRECIPITATION; TEMPERATURE; VARIATION;

USA, KANSAS;

EID: 0030616924     PISSN: 01650009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1005358130291     Document Type: Article

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