CLIMGEN-UP: A user-friendly weather data generator

South African Journal of Plant and Soil

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 203-205

  Jovanovic, N Z ^a   Annandale, J G ^b   Benade N ^c   Campbell, G S ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^c NB Systems   (South Africa)

^d Decagon Devices Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

CLIMGEN; Computer software; Model; Stochastic weather generator

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE MODELING; COMPUTER SYSTEM; DATA; WEATHER;

EID: 1542320035     PISSN: 02571862     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02571862.2003.10634936     Document Type: Article

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