Extraction of information content from stochastic disaggregation and bias corrected downscaled precipitation variables for crop simulation

Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 449-457

  Mishra, Ashok K ^a   Ines, Amor V M ^b   Singh, Vijay P ^c,d   Hansen, James W ^b  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Earth Institute   (United States)

^c Texas A and M University   (United States)

^d TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Crop model; Downscaling; Food security; GCM; Mutual information

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ROBOTS; CROPS; FOOD SUPPLY; RAIN; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS;

CROP MODEL; DOWN-SCALING; EXTRACTION OF INFORMATION; FOOD SECURITY; MUTUAL INFORMATIONS; PROBABILITY OF OCCURRENCE; STOCHASTIC DISAGGREGATION; TRUNCATED DISTRIBUTIONS;

CLIMATE MODELS;

CLIMATE MODELING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CROP PLANT; CROP YIELD; DOWNSCALING; FOOD SECURITY; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; STOCHASTICITY;

EASTERN PROVINCE [KENYA]; KATUMANI; KENYA;

EID: 84872502460     PISSN: 14363240     EISSN: 14363259     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00477-012-0667-9     Document Type: Article

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