Climate variability in areas of the world with high production of soya beans and corn: Its relationship to crop yields

Meteorological Applications

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 385-396

  Llano, María Paula ^a   Vargas, Walter ^a   Naumann, Gustavo ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Precipitation; Temperature; Yields

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ROBOTS; OILSEEDS; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); RAIN; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE;

CLIMATE VARIABILITY; CLIMATIC VARIABLES; ENERGY PRODUCTIONS; EXTREME TEMPERATURES; MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE; PRODUCTION AREA; REGRESSION MODEL; YIELDS;

CROPS;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE VARIATION; CROP PLANT; CROP PRODUCTION; CROP YIELD; GROWING SEASON; HIGH YIELDING VARIETY; MAIZE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SOYBEAN;

CHINA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84870656528     PISSN: 13504827     EISSN: 14698080     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/met.270     Document Type: Article

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