Uncertainties in assessing the effect of climate change on agriculture using model simulation and uncertainty processing methods

Chinese Science Bulletin

Volumn 56, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 729-737

  Yao, Feng Mei ^a   Qin, Peng Cheng ^a   Zhang, Jia Hua ^b,c,d   Lin, Er Da ^e   Boken, Vijendra ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^b CENTER FOR EARTH OBSERVATION AND DIGITAL EARTH   (China)

^c STATE KEY LABORATORY OF SEVERE WEATHER   (China)

^d YANGTZE UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA AT KEARNEY   (United States)

Author keywords

agriculture; climate change; impact assessment; model simulation; uncertainty

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952797617     PISSN: 10016538     EISSN: 18619541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11434-011-4374-6     Document Type: Review

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