From stand-alone programs towards grid-aware services and components: A case study in agricultural modelling with interpolated climate data

Environmental Modelling and Software

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 379-391

  Mineter, M J ^b   Jarvis, C H ^a   Dowers, S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Climate; E science; Grid; Interpolation; Modularity

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; COMPUTER HARDWARE; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; FORTRAN (PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE); INTEGRATION; INTERPOLATION;

STAND-ALONE PROGRAMS;

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING;

AGRICULTURAL MODELING;

AGRICULTURE; COMPUTER PROGRAMS; ENVIRONMENTS; FORTRAN; INTEGRATION;

EID: 0242585015     PISSN: 13648152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1364-8152(02)00073-7     Document Type: Article

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