Assessment of the benefits of an enhanced weather information service for the cotton industry in Australia

Meteorological Applications

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 127-135

  Anaman, Kwabena A ^a   Lellyett, Stephen C ^b  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b BUREAU OF METEOROLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATES; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST ESTIMATING; COST REDUCTION; COTTON; SURVEYS; WEATHER INFORMATION SERVICES;

BENEFIT COST RATIOS; BUREAU OF METEOROLOGIES; COTTON PRODUCTION; ECONOMIC BENEFITS; SERVICE-BASED; SOCIAL ACTIVITIES; SURVEY DATA; WEATHER SERVICES;

SERVICE INDUSTRY;

AGROINDUSTRY; ASSESSMENT METHOD; COST ANALYSIS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COTTON; CROP PRODUCTION; ECONOMIC CONDITIONS;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0344635276     PISSN: 13504827     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/met.5060030203     Document Type: Article

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