Assessing relevant climate data for agricultural applications

Agricultural and Forest Meteorology

Volumn 161, Issue , 2012, Pages 26-45

  Ramirez Villegas, Julian ^a,b,c   Challinor, Andy ^b,c  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR TROPICAL AGRICULTURE CIAT   (Colombia)

^b Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS)   (Colombia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Climate model; CMIP3; CMIP5; South asia; Sub saharan africa; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT; AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; CROP YIELD; INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGE; RAINFALL; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ETHIOPIA; NEPAL; SOUTH ASIA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

EID: 84859639873     PISSN: 01681923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agrformet.2012.03.015     Document Type: Article

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