Assessing uncertainties in climate change impacts on resource potential for Europe based on projections from RCMs and GCMs

Climatic Change

Volumn 81, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2007, Pages 357-371

  Fronzek, Stefan ^a   Carter, Timothy R ^a  

^a FINNISH ENVIRONMENT INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CROPS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

CLIMATE VARIABILITY; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODELS (GCM); POTENTIAL ENERGY DEMAND; REGIONAL CLIMATE MODELS (RCM);

CLIMATE CHANGE;

ANNUAL VARIATION; ASSESSMENT METHOD; BIOMASS; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; CLIMATE MODELING; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; GROWING SEASON; MAIZE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); REGIONAL CLIMATE; SOYBEAN; UNCERTAINTY ROLE;

BIOMASS; FARM CROPS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SEASONAL VARIATION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

GLYCINE MAX; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 34248217973     PISSN: 01650009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10584-006-9214-3     Document Type: Article

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