Modelling climate impacts on crop yields in Belgium

Climate Research

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 55-68

  Gobin, A ^a  

^a FLEMISH INSTITUTE FOR TECHNOLOGICAL RESEARCH VITO   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Arable crop yield; Climate change impact; Multivariate analysis; Regional dynamic crop model; Time series

Indexed keywords

ARABLE CROPS; AVERAGE YIELD; BELGIUM; CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACT; CLIMATE CHANGE SCENARIOS; CLIMATE IMPACTS; CROP DEVELOPMENT; CROP MODEL; CROP YIELD; GROWING SEASON; GROWING SEASON LENGTHS; HEAT STRESS; HIGHER TEMPERATURES; LOAMY SAND; METEOROLOGICAL VARIABLES; MODEL EFFICIENCY; MULTI VARIATE ANALYSIS; REGIONAL DYNAMIC CROP MODEL; REGIONAL DYNAMICS; SEASONALITY; STATISTICAL RELATIONSHIP; TEMPERATURE INCREASE; WATER BALANCE; WATER LOGGING; WEATHER IMPACT; WINTER CEREALS; YIELD INCREASE;

CLIMATE MODELS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CROPS; CULTIVATION; DROUGHT; MULTIVARIANT ANALYSIS; SUGAR (SUCROSE); SUGAR BEETS; TIME SERIES; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

ARABLE FARMING; CLIMATE CHANGE; CROP PRODUCTION; CROP YIELD; DROUGHT STRESS; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; GROWING SEASON; METEOROLOGY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; SANDY CLAY LOAM; SEASONALITY; SUGAR BEET; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TIME SERIES; YIELD RESPONSE;

BELGIUM;

BETA VULGARIS SUBSP. VULGARIS; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

EID: 78650375865     PISSN: 0936577X     EISSN: 16161572     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/cr00925     Document Type: Article

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