Developing seasonal rainfall scenarios for food security early warning

Theoretical and Applied Climatology

Volumn 114, Issue 1-2, 2013, Pages 291-302

  Husak, Gregory J ^a   Funk, Christopher C ^a,b   Michaelsen, Joel ^a   Magadzire, Tamuka ^c   Goldsberry, Kirk P ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c Southern African Development Community   (Botswana)

^d MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOOTSTRAPPING; CEREAL; DROUGHT; EARLY WARNING SYSTEM; FOOD SECURITY; RAINFALL; RAINFED AGRICULTURE; SEASONAL VARIATION; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 84884592895     PISSN: 0177798X     EISSN: 14344483     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00704-013-0838-8     Document Type: Article

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