Evaluating the accuracy of VEMAP daily weather data for application in crop simulations on a regional scale

European Journal of Agronomy

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 187-194

  Wu, Wei ^a,b   Liu, Hong Bin ^a   Hoogenboom, Gerrit ^b   White, Jeffrey W ^c  

^a SOUTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Decision support system; Hybrid analyses; Scale; Spatial database

Indexed keywords

AGROMETEOROLOGY; CROP YIELD; DATABASE; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; GROWTH MODELING; HYBRID; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; SIMULATION; SOLAR RADIATION; SOYBEAN; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

GLYCINE MAX;

EID: 75749143378     PISSN: 11610301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eja.2009.11.002     Document Type: Article

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