A modelling investigation into the economic and environmental values of 'perfect' climate forecasts for wheat production under contrasting rainfall conditions

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 255-266

  Yu, Qiang ^a,b   Wang, Enli ^a   Smith, Chris J ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHIC SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES RESEARCH   (China)

Author keywords

APSIM; Australia; Climate variability; Nitrogen management; Wheat yield

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; MANAGEMENT; NITROGEN FERTILIZERS; OPTIMIZATION; RAIN;

CLIMATE FORECASTING TECHNIQUE; CLIMATE VARIABILITY; NITROGEN MANAGEMENT;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

CLIMATE MODELING; CLIMATE PREDICTION; CLIMATE VARIATION; CROP PRODUCTION; CROP YIELD; CROPPING PRACTICE; NITROGEN; RAINFALL; WHEAT;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 39549084101     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.1520     Document Type: Article

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