AgClimate: A case study in participatory decision support system development

Climatic Change

Volumn 87, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 385-403

  Breuer, N E ^a,e   Cabrera, V E ^b   Ingram, K T ^c   Broad, K ^a   Hildebrand, P E ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c University of Florida   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^e NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; WEB SERVICES;

CLIMATE FORECASTS; DECISION SUPPORT TOOLS;

DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS;

AGRICULTURAL APPLICATION; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; FORECASTING METHOD; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVEY;

EID: 41049094811     PISSN: 01650009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10584-007-9323-7     Document Type: Article

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