Long-term and recent changes in temperature-based agroclimatic indices in Argentina

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 33, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1673-1686

  Fernández Long, María Elena ^a   Müller, Gabriela Viviana ^b   Beltrán Przekurat, Adriana ^c   Scarpati, Olga Eugenia ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b Center of Scientific Research   (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^d Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

^e UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA PLATA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Agroclimatic indices; Climate change; Pampas region; Temperature

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ACTIVITIES; AGROCLIMATIC INDICES; DIURNAL TEMPERATURE RANGES; MANAGEMENT DECISIONS; METEOROLOGICAL STATION; MINIMUM TEMPERATURES; PAMPAS REGION; SPATIALLY HOMOGENEOUS;

AGRICULTURE; TEMPERATURE;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; DIURNAL VARIATION; GLOBAL WARMING; LONG-TERM CHANGE; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY; TREND ANALYSIS;

ARGENTINA; PAMPAS;

EID: 84878792183     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.3541     Document Type: Article

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