Sharing the geo-referenced results of climate change impact research

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 88, Issue 1-3, 2003, Pages 389-397

  Sauchyn, D J ^a   Joss, B N ^a   Nyirfa, W N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGINA   (Canada)

^b AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Climate change impacts and adaptation; GIS; Internet map server

Indexed keywords

GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INTERNET; KNOWLEDGE ENGINEERING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

INTERNET MAP SERVER (IMS);

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; GIS; GRASSLAND; INTERNET; PRAIRIE; WORLD WIDE WEB;

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; BIOPHYSICS; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPUTER MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COOPERATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERNET; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; PRAIRIE; RESEARCH; SOCIAL ASPECT;

CLIMATE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; INTERNET; MODELS, THEORETICAL; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 0141614757     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1025541712148     Document Type: Article

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