Can crop-climate models be accurate and precise? A case study for wheat production in Denmark

Agricultural and Forest Meteorology

Volumn 202, Issue , 2015, Pages 51-60

  Martín, Manuel Montesino San ^a   Olesen, Jørgen E ^b   Porter, John R ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GREENWICH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bayesian approach; Climate change; Denmark; Model intercomparison; Uncertainty; Wheat

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; AGRICULTURAL MODELING; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; COMPLEXITY; CROP PRODUCTION; ERROR ANALYSIS; MODEL VALIDATION; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WHEAT; YIELD RESPONSE;

DENMARK;

TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 84921024588     PISSN: 01681923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agrformet.2014.11.003     Document Type: Article

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