Climate impacts on Indian agriculture

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 24, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 1375-1393

  Krishna Kumar, K ^a   Rupa Kumar, K ^a   Ashrit, R G ^a   Deshpande, N R ^a   Hansen, J W ^b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL METEOROLOGY   (India)

^b Earth Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate agriculture; Climate applications; ENSO; Indian monsoon rainfall; Seasonal forecasts

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; CORRELATION THEORY; CROPS; FOOD PRODUCTS; OSCILLATIONS; PRODUCTIVITY; RAIN; SEA LEVEL; STATISTICAL METHODS; TEMPERATURE;

MONSOON RAINFALLS; SEA-SURFACES; TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTIONS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FORECASTING METHOD; MONSOON; RAINFALL; SEASONAL VARIATION;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 4544259234     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.1081     Document Type: Article

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