Use of mesoscale model MM5 forecasts as proxies for surface meteorological and agroclimatic variables;Uso del modelo MM5 como predictor de variables meteorológicas y de interés agroclimático

Ciencia e Investigacion Agraria

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 369-380

  Silva, Daniel O ^a   Meza, Francisco J ^a   Varas, Eduardo ^a  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Agroclimatological variables; Maipo river basin; MM5 data; MOS

Indexed keywords

EID: 70450240857     PISSN: 03045609     EISSN: 07181620     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4067/S0718-16202009000300004     Document Type: Article

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