Reductions in seasonal climate forecast dependability as a result of downscaling

Transactions of the ASABE

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 915-925

  Schneider, Jeanne M ^a   Garbrecht, Jurgen D ^a  

^a USDA ARS GRAZINGLANDS RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agricultural management; Average air temperature; Climate; Climatology; Decision support; Downscaling; Forecast; Precipitation; Seasonal

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL APPLICATIONS; AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; AGRICULTURAL PLANNING; ARIZONA; AVERAGE AIR TEMPERATURE; AVERAGE TEMPERATURES; CALIFORNIA; CLIMATE; CLIMATOLOGY; CROP MODELING; CROP PRODUCTION; DECISION SUPPORT; DECISION SUPPORTS; DOWNSCALING; FLORIDA; FORECAST; GREAT LAKES; LOSS FACTORS; MONTANA; NEW MEXICO; NORTHERN GREAT PLAINS; PRECIPITATION; SEASONAL; SEASONAL CLIMATE FORECASTS; SEASONAL PRECIPITATIONS; SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA; SPATIO-TEMPORAL VARIABILITY; TOTAL PRECIPITATION; WASHINGTON;

CROPS; CULTIVATION; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; ESTIMATION; PLANNING; WEATHER FORECASTING;

FORECASTING;

AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; AIR TEMPERATURE; CROP PRODUCTION; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; DOWNSCALING; NOAA SATELLITE; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; TEMPERATURE PROFILE; WEATHER FORECASTING; WEATHER STATION;

CALIFORNIA; GREAT PLAINS; NEVADA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 49549084155     PISSN: 21510032     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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