A GIS-based climate change adaptation strategy tool

International Journal of Climate Change Strategies and Management

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 140-155

  Liu, de Li ^a,b   Timbal, Bertrand ^c   Mo, Jianhua ^d   Fairweather, Helen ^d,e  

^a NSW DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

^b EH Graham Centre for Agricultural Innovation   (Australia)

^c BUREAU OF METEOROLOGY   (Australia)

^d Primary Industry Industry and Investment ^*  (Australia)

^e DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Climatology; Geographic Information Systems; Modelling; Wheat

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; AGROINDUSTRY; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; CLIMATE VARIATION; DOWNSCALING; GIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPATIAL DATA; VERNALIZATION; WHEAT;

AUSTRALIA; NEW SOUTH WALES;

TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 84863365114     PISSN: 17568692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17568691111128986     Document Type: Article

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