Climate for crops: Integrating climate data with information about soils and crop requirements to reduce risks in agricultural decision-making

Meteorological Applications

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 305-315

  Wratt, D S ^a   Tait, A ^a   Griffiths, G ^a   Espie, P ^b   Jessen, M ^c   Keys, J ^d   Ladd, M ^a   Lew, D ^e   Lowther, W ^b   Mitchell, N ^f   Morton, J ^b   Reid, J ^g   Reid, S ^a   Richardson, A ^g   Sansom, J ^a   Shankar, U ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^b INVERMAY AGRICULTURAL CENTRE   (New Zealand)

^c LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^d a wholly owned subsidiary of Newmont Mining Corporation   (Australia)

^e Otago Regional Council   (New Zealand)

^f UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^g THE NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE FOR PLANT AND FOOD RESEARCH LIMITED   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Agrometeorology; Climate mapping; Frost; GIS; Rainfall crop climate relationships

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ROBOTS; CROPS; DECISION MAKING; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; LAND USE; MAPPING; SOILS; WATER QUALITY;

AGRICULTURAL OPERATIONS; AGROMETEOROLOGY; CLIMATE PARAMETERS; DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATIONS; FROST; INFRARED OBSERVATIONS; REGIONAL CLIMATE CHANGES; SPATIAL RESOLUTION;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

AGRICULTURAL PERFORMANCE; AGROMETEOROLOGY; CLIMATE CHANGE; DECISION MAKING; GIS; GROWTH RESPONSE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL PROPERTY; STATE ROLE; WATER USE EFFICIENCY;

EID: 33845943949     PISSN: 13504827     EISSN: 14698080     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1350482706002416     Document Type: Article

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