The potential impact of global warming on hail losses to winter cereal crops in New South Wales

Climatic Change

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 455-476

  McMaster, H J ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CROP DAMAGE; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; GLOBAL WARMING; HAIL;

AUSTRALIA; NEW SOUTH WALES;

EID: 0032841962     PISSN: 01650009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1005475717321     Document Type: Article

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