Estimating the spatial and temporal impacts of climate change on rainfall reliability: An example in a Mediterranean agricultural region

Applied Geography

Volumn 45, Issue , 2013, Pages 98-108

  Lyle, Greg ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Climate change; Mediterranean agriculture; Rainfall reliability; Spatial; Temporal

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CROP PLANT; CROP YIELD; ESTIMATION METHOD; PROBABILITY; RAINFALL; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

AUSTRALIA; EYRE PENINSULA; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; SOUTH AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84884345267     PISSN: 01436228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeog.2013.08.007     Document Type: Article

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