Towards probabilistic projections of climate change impacts on global crop yields

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 35, Issue 8, 2008, Pages

  Tebaldi, Claudia ^a   Lobell, D B ^b  

^a Climate Central   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CONTROL; CLIMATOLOGY; CROPS; PROBABILITY; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; PUBLIC POLICY; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

AMERICAN GEOPHYSICAL UNION; CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS; CROP YIELDS; CURRENT YIELDS; EMISSION SCENARIO; PRECIPITATION (METALLOGRAPHY); PROBABILISTIC ANALYSES; PROBABILISTIC APPROACHES; PROBABILISTIC ESTIMATES; PROBABILISTIC PROJECTIONS; SCENARIO ANALYSIS (SA); SOURCES OF UNCERTAINTY;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

BARLEY; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; CROP YIELD; FUTURE PROSPECT; MAIZE; PROBABILITY; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WHEAT;

HORDEUM; TRITICUM AESTIVUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 48249094306     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008GL033423     Document Type: Article

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