Evaluating the utility of dynamical downscaling in agricultural impacts projections

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 111, Issue 24, 2014, Pages 8776-8781

  Glotter, Michael ^a   Elliott, Joshua ^a   McInerney, David ^a,c   Best, Neil ^a   Foster, Ian ^a,b   Moyer, Elisabeth J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Agriculture; CORDEX; Food security; NARCCAP

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; HARVEST; MAIZE; MEASUREMENT ERROR; MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION;

AGRICULTURE; CORDEX; FOOD SECURITY; NARCCAP;

AGRICULTURE; ALGORITHMS; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; FOOD SUPPLY; FORECASTING; GEOGRAPHY; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NORTH AMERICA; PROBABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84902590798     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1314787111     Document Type: Article

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