Changing uses of climate predictions in agriculture: Implications for prediction research, providers, and users

Weather and Forecasting

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 606-613

  Changnon, Stanley A ^a  

^a ILLINOIS STATE WATER SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; CLIMATOLOGY; DECISION MAKING; PERSONNEL; PRESSURE EFFECTS;

AGRIBUSINESS USERS; CLIMATE PREDICTION;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

AGRICULTURAL APPLICATION; CLIMATE PREDICTION; DECISION MAKING; FORECASTING METHOD; REGIONAL CLIMATE;

EID: 3142660385     PISSN: 08828156     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0434(2004)019<0606:CUOCPI>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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