Probabilistic projections of agro-climate indices in North America

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 117, Issue 8, 2012, Pages

  Terando, Adam ^a,b   Keller, Klaus ^a   Easterling, William E ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; BAYESIAN NETWORKS; CALIBRATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; DATA REDUCTION; THERMAL STRESS;

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIONS; ANTHROPOGENIC CLIMATE CHANGES; BAYESIAN MODEL AVERAGING; CROP DAMAGES; CROSS-VALIDATION TESTS; FROST DAYS; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; HEAT STRESS; HINDCASTS; OBSERVATION PERIOD; POTENTIAL CHANGE; POTENTIAL IMPACTS; PRIOR INFORMATION; PROBABILISTIC PROJECTIONS; SAMPLE SPACE; STRUCTURAL UNCERTAINTY; YIELD DECLINE;

CLIMATE MODELS;

AGROMETEOROLOGY; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; CALIBRATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE PREDICTION; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; HINDCASTING; NUMERICAL MODEL; PROBABILITY; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TWENTY FIRST CENTURY; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 84861403618     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012JD017436     Document Type: Article

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