Analysis of Italian wine quality using freely available meteorological information

American Journal of Enology and Viticulture

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 339-346

  Grifoni, Daniele ^a   Mancini, Marco ^b   Maracchi, Giampiero ^a   Orlandini, Simone ^b   Zipoli, Gaetano ^a,c  

^a INSTITUTE OF BIOMETEOROLOGY   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^c Building D   (Italy)

Author keywords

Geopotential height; North Atlantic Oscillation; Rainfall; Sea surface temperature; Teleconnection; Temperature

Indexed keywords

VITIS; VITIS SP.; VITIS VINIFERA;

EID: 33749359079     PISSN: 00029254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5344/ajev.2006.57.3.339     Document Type: Article

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