Impact of climate change scenarios on Canadian agroclimatic indices

Canadian Journal of Soil Science

Volumn 93, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 243-259

  Qian, Budong ^a   De Jong, Reinder ^a   Gameda, Sam ^a   Huffman, Ted ^a   Neilsen, Denise ^b   Desjardins, Raymond ^a   Wang, Hong ^c   McConkey, Brian ^c  

^a OTTAWA RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTRE   (Canada)

^b SUMMERLAND RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTRE   (Canada)

^c SWIFT CURRENT RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Agroclimatic indices; Agroclimatic scenarios; Canada; Climate change impacts and adaptation; Climate projections

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; CLIMATE MODELING; GROWING SEASON; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SEASONAL VARIATION; STOCHASTICITY; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

CANADA;

EID: 84876723748     PISSN: 00084271     EISSN: 19181841     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4141/CJSS2012-053     Document Type: Article

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