Encouraging use of seasonal climate forecasts by farmers

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1127-1137

  McCrea, Rod ^a   Dalgleish, Len ^a   Coventry, Will ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Attitude; Format; Judgement analysis; Seasonal climate forecast use; Southern Queensland; Understanding

Indexed keywords

RAIN; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT;

FARMERS; FREQUENCY FORMAT; JUDGEMENT ANALYSIS; SEASONAL CLIMATE FORECAST;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

AGRICULTURAL APPLICATION; CLIMATE; FORECASTING METHOD; WEATHER FORECASTING;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; QUEENSLAND; WORLD;

EID: 22144466249     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.1164     Document Type: Article

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