Using ERA-INTERIM for regional crop yield forecasting in Europe

Climate Research

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 41-53

  De Wit, Allard ^a   Baruth, Bettina ^b   Boogaard, Hendrik ^a   Van Diepen, Kees ^a   Van Kraalingen, Daniel ^a   Micale, Fabio ^b   Te Roller, Johnny ^a   Supit, Iwan ^a   Van Den Wijngaart, Raymond ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Crop simulation models; Crop yield; ERA INTERIM; Europe; Regional scale

Indexed keywords

CROP SIMULATION MODEL; CROP YIELD; ERA-INTERIM; EUROPE; REGIONAL SCALE;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CROPS; METEOROLOGY;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

CROP YIELD; DATA SET; ERROR ANALYSIS; FORECASTING METHOD; NUMERICAL MODEL; REGIONAL CLIMATE; TIME SERIES;

EUROPE;

EID: 78650350276     PISSN: 0936577X     EISSN: 16161572     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/cr00872     Document Type: Article

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