Decadal climate variability in the Argentine Pampas: regional impacts of plausible climate scenarios on agricultural systems

Climate Research

Volumn 40, Issue 2-3, 2009, Pages 199-210

  Podestá, Guillermo ^a   Bert, Federico ^b   Rajagopalan, Balaji ^c   Apipattanavis, Somkiat ^c   Laciana, Carlos ^d   Weber, Elke ^e   Easterling, William ^f   Katz, Richard ^f   Letson, David ^a   Menendez, Angel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^c UCB 450   (United States)

^d Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^e PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Argentina; Climate impacts; Climate scenarios; Crop models; Cumulative prospect theory; Decision making; Genetic algorithms; Land allocation

Indexed keywords

ARGENTINA; CLIMATE IMPACTS; CLIMATE SCENARIOS; CROP MODEL; CROP MODELS; CUMULATIVE PROSPECT THEORY; LAND ALLOCATION;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CROPS; DECISION MAKING; DECISION THEORY; PROFITABILITY; TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER;

CLIMATE MODELS;

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; AGRONOMY; ALTERNATIVE AGRICULTURE; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; CLIMATE VARIATION; DECADAL VARIATION; DECISION MAKING; GENETIC ALGORITHM; GRASSLAND; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY;

ARGENTINA; PAMPAS;

EID: 74349099610     PISSN: 0936577X     EISSN: 16161572     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/cr00807     Document Type: Article

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