Cotton yield forecasting for the southeastern United States using climate indices

Applied Engineering in Agriculture

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 711-723

  Pathak, T B ^a   Jones, J W ^a   Fraisse, C W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate indices; Cotton yield; Principal component regression; Yield forecast

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION STRATEGIES; ALABAMA; ATMOSPHERIC CLIMATE; CLIMATE INDEX; CLIMATE INFORMATION; CLIMATE VARIABILITY; COTTON PRODUCTION; COTTON YIELD; EMPIRICAL MODEL; GEORGIA; INFORMED DECISION; LEADTIME; LEAVE-ONE-OUT CROSS VALIDATIONS; PLANTING PERIOD; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT REGRESSION; PRODUCTS AND SERVICES; YIELD FORECAST;

CLIMATOLOGY; COTTON; CULTIVATION; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS;

FORECASTING;

GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM;

EID: 84869796722     PISSN: 08838542     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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