The Agricultural Model Intercomparison and Improvement Project (AgMIP): Protocols and pilot studies

Agricultural and Forest Meteorology

Volumn 170, Issue , 2013, Pages 166-182

  Rosenzweig, C ^a,b   Jones, J W ^c   Hatfield, J L ^d   Ruane, A C ^a,b   Boote, K J ^c   Thorburn, P ^e   Antle, J M ^f   Nelson, G C ^g   Porter, C ^c   Janssen, S ^h   Asseng, S ^c   Basso, B ⁱ   Ewert, F ^j   Wallach, D ^k   Baigorria, G ^l   Winter, J M ^b  

^a NASA GODDARD INSTITUTE FOR SPACE STUDIES   (United States)

^b NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^d U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^e CSIRO   (Australia)

^f OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^h WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

ⁱ MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^k CEMAGREF   (France)

^l UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

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Author keywords

Adaptation; Agriculture; Climate change; Crop models; Economic models; Food security; Intercomparison; Risk; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS; AGRICULTURAL MODELING; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; CROP YIELD; DEVELOPING WORLD; FOOD SECURITY; GEOGRAPHICAL REGION; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WHEAT;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; OBREGON; SONORA;

TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 84872945036     PISSN: 01681923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agrformet.2012.09.011     Document Type: Article

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