Downscaling Global Climatic Predictions to the Regional Level: A Case Study of Regional Effects of Climate Change on Wheat Crop Production in Victoria, Australia

Crop Adaptation to Climate Change

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 12-26

  O'Leary, Garry ^a   Christy, Brendan ^a   Weeks, Anna ^a   Nuttall, James ^a   Riffkin, Penny ^a   Beverly, Craig ^a   Fitzgerald, Glenn ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Catchment Analysis Toolkit (CAT); Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO); Crop simulation model; Downscaling from global to regional level; Free Air Carbon dioxide Enrichment (FACE); Intergovenmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC); Victorian Climate Change Adaptation Programme (VCCAP)

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861886029     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470960929.ch2     Document Type: Chapter

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