Use of El Niño climate forecasts in Australia

American Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 80, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1096-1101

  Podbury, Troy ^a   Sheales, Terry C ^a   Hussain, Intizar ^a   Fisher, Brian S ^a  

^a NATIONAL HEALTH AND MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; CLIMATE PREDICTION; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; YIELD;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0032317604     PISSN: 00029092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1244211     Document Type: Article

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