Climate change impact uncertainties for maize in Panama: Farm information, climate projections, and yield sensitivities

Agricultural and Forest Meteorology

Volumn 170, Issue , 2013, Pages 132-145

  Ruane, Alex C ^a,b   Cecil, L DeWayne ^c   Horton, Radley M ^a,b   Gordón, Román ^d   McCollum, Raymond ^e   Brown, Douglas ^e   Killough, Brian ^f   Goldberg, Richard ^b   Greeley, Adam P ^b   Rosenzweig, Cynthia ^a,b  

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

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

^c NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^d Instituto de Investigación Agropecuaria de Panamá   (Panama)

^e Booze Allen Hamilton   (United States)

^f NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Climate change; Crop modeling; GCM ensembles; Maize; Panama; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; ASSESSMENT METHOD; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CROP YIELD; CULTIVAR; EMISSION; FARMING SYSTEM; GROWING SEASON; MAIZE; MATURATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; RAINFALL; SOIL PROFILE; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WATER STRESS;

PANAMA [CENTRAL AMERICA];

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84872967434     PISSN: 01681923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agrformet.2011.10.015     Document Type: Article

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