How adoption rates, timing, and ceilings affect the value of ENSO-based climate forecasts

Climatic Change

Volumn 86, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 235-256

  Rubas, Debra J ^a   Mjelde, James W ^b   Love, H Alan ^b,c   Rosenthal, Wesley ^d  

^a Washington DC   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d BLACKLAND RESEARCH AND EXTENSION CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; EDUCATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

CLIMATE VARIABILITY; EDUCATION PROGRAMS;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

CLIMATE MODELING; CLIMATE PREDICTION; CLIMATE VARIATION; EDUCATION; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; WHEAT;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 37549069897     PISSN: 01650009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10584-007-9293-9     Document Type: Article

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