The effect of El Niño Southern Oscillation on U.S. corn production and downside risk

Climatic Change

Volumn 121, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 689-700

  Tack, Jesse B ^a   Ubilava, David ^b  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORN PRODUCTION; CORN YIELDS; DOWNSIDE RISKS; GLOBAL CLIMATES; PRICE FLUCTUATION; SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; SPATIAL HETEROGENEITY; TELECONNECTIONS;

AGRICULTURE; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE;

CLIMATOLOGY;

CLIMATE CONDITIONS; CORRELATION; CROP PRODUCTION; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; HETEROGENEITY; MAIZE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RISK FACTOR; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84888223622     PISSN: 01650009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10584-013-0918-x     Document Type: Article

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