Scenario development for estimating potential climate change impacts on crop production in the North China plain

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 33, Issue 15, 2013, Pages 3124-3140

  Chen, Chao ^a,b,c   Greene, Arthur M ^a   Robertson, Andrew W ^a   Baethgen, Walter E ^a   Eamus, Derek ^b,c  

^a Earth Institute   (United States)

^b FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Climate change scenario; GCMs; Hidden Markov model; Precipitation; Solar radiation; Temperature

Indexed keywords

CULTIVATION; HIDDEN MARKOV MODELS; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); RAIN; SOLAR RADIATION; STOCHASTIC MODELS; SUN; TEMPERATURE;

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIONS; CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACT; CLIMATE CHANGE SCENARIOS; GCMS; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; NONHOMOGENEOUS HIDDEN MARKOV MODELS (NHMM); SCENARIO DEVELOPMENT; STOCHASTIC SIMULATIONS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; CLIMATE CHANGE; DOWNSCALING; ESTIMATION METHOD; FUTURE PROSPECT; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; GROWING SEASON; MAIZE; MARKOV CHAIN; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; SOLAR RADIATION; STOCHASTICITY; WEATHER FORECASTING; WHEAT;

CHINA; NORTH CHINA PLAIN;

TRITICUM AESTIVUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84896991659     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.3648     Document Type: Article

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