Impacts of climate change as a function of global mean temperature: Maize productivity and water use in China

Climatic Change

Volumn 105, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 409-432

  Tao, Fulu ^a   Zhang, Zhao ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHIC SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES RESEARCH   (China)

^b BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATIC APPLICATION; CLIMATE SCENARIOS; CLIMATE VARIABLES; CROP MODEL; DATA DISTRIBUTION; EMISSION SCENARIO; FOOD SECURITY; FUTURE CLIMATE; GLOBAL CLIMATE MODEL; GLOBAL-MEAN TEMPERATURE; GROWING PERIOD; IMPACT ASSESSMENTS; INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGES; MAIZE PRODUCTION; MAIZE PRODUCTIVITY; MAIZE YIELD; MEDIAN VALUE; RAINFED; WATER USE;

CLIMATE MODELS; CROPS; CULTIVATION; FOOD SUPPLY; IRRIGATION; PRODUCTIVITY; WATER SUPPLY;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

ADAPTIVE RADIATION; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CROP PRODUCTION; CROP YIELD; CULTIVAR; DECISION MAKING; EMISSION; ESTIMATION METHOD; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; FOOD SECURITY; INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGE; IRRIGATION; MAIZE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WATER USE; YIELD RESPONSE;

CHINA;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 79952744476     PISSN: 01650009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10584-010-9883-9     Document Type: Article

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