Dependability and effectiveness of seasonal forecasts for agricultural applications

Transactions of the ASABE

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1737-1753

  Schneider, Jeanne M ^a,b   Garbrecht, Jurgen D ^a  

^a USDA ARS GRAZINGLANDS RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Agricultural management; Average air temperature; Climate; Climatology; Decision support; Forecast; Precipitation; Seasonal

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; PROBABILITY;

AIR TEMPERATURE; SEASONAL FORECASTS;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

AGRICULTURAL APPLICATION; AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; AIR TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE PREDICTION; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; FORECASTING METHOD; NOAA SATELLITE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY);

AGRICULTURE; FORECASTS; METEOROLOGY; PROBABILITY;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33947188643     PISSN: 21510032     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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