Long-term changes in heat and moisture related to corn production on the Canadian Prairies

Climatic Change

Volumn 104, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 339-352

  Nadler, A J ^a   Bullock, Paul R ^b  

^a GOVERNMENT OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ROBOTS; CROPS;

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIONS; CANADIAN PRAIRIE; CORN HEAT UNITS; CORN PRODUCTION; LONG TERM CHANGE; LONG-TERM TREND; SPATIAL VARIATIONS; WEATHER STATIONS;

MOISTURE;

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; ASSESSMENT METHOD; BIOACCUMULATION; FORECASTING METHOD; GROWING SEASON; HEAT BUDGET; LINEARITY; MAIZE; MOISTURE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PRAIRIE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RAINFALL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPATIAL VARIATION; WATER USE; WEATHER STATION;

CANADA;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 78651346062     PISSN: 01650009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10584-010-9881-y     Document Type: Article

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