Actionable climate knowledge: From analysis to synthesis

Climate Research

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 101-110

  Meinke, Holger ^a,g   Nelson, Rohan ^b   Kokic, Phil ^c   Stone, Roger ^a,f   Selvaraju, Ramasamy ^d   Baethgen, Walter ^e  

^a DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c NATIONAL HEALTH AND MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (Australia)

^d TAMIL NADU AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

^e Earth Institute   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^g WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Climate knowledge; Credibility; Dryland cropping; Legitimacy; Modelling; Risk management; Salience

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATOLOGY; DROUGHT; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; RISK MANAGEMENT; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

CROPPING PRACTICE; DROUGHT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL CAPITAL;

ASIA; AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; BRAZIL; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH AMERICA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 33646336944     PISSN: 0936577X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/cr033101     Document Type: Article

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