Toward a combined seasonal weather and crop productivity forecasting system: Determination of the working spatial scale

Journal of Applied Meteorology

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 175-192

  Challinor, Andrew J ^a   Slingo, J M ^a   Wheeler, T R ^a   Craufurd, P Q ^a   Grimes, D I F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; FUNCTIONS; PRODUCTIVITY; RAIN; WEATHER FORECASTING;

SEASONAL WEATHER;

METEOROLOGY;

CROP PRODUCTION; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RAINFALL; SEASONALITY; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; WEATHER FORECASTING;

INDIA;

EID: 0141761189     PISSN: 08948763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0450(2003)042<0175:TACSWA>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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