Sensitivity of crop yield and water use to change in a range of climatic factors and CO2 concentrations: A simulation study applying EPIC to the central United States

Agricultural and Forest Meteorology

Volumn 83, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 171-203

  Brown, Robert A ^a   Rosenberg, Norman J ^a  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE ENRICHMENT; CLIMATIC CHANGE; EROSION PRODUCTIVITY IMPACT CALCULATOR; HUMIDITY; PRECIPITATION; SOLAR RADIATION; TEMPERATURE; YIELD;

USA, (MIDWEST);

FABACEAE; GLYCINE MAX; POACEAE; SORGHUM BICOLOR; TRITICUM AESTIVUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0030618412     PISSN: 01681923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-1923(96)02352-0     Document Type: Article

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