Teleconnections between Pacific sea surface temperatures and Canadian prairie wheat yield

Agricultural and Forest Meteorology

Volumn 96, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 209-217

  Hsieh, William W ^a   Tang, Benyang ^a   Garnett, E Ray ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b Mohyla Inst   (Canada)

Author keywords

El Nino; La Nina; Pacific sea surface temperatures; Wheat yield

Indexed keywords

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; WHEAT; YIELD;

CANADA;

TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 0033568484     PISSN: 01681923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-1923(99)00051-9     Document Type: Article

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