How model and input uncertainty impact maize yield simulations in West Africa

Environmental Research Letters

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2015, Pages

  Waha, Katharina ^a,b   Huth, Neil ^b   Carberry, Peter ^b   Wang, Enli ^c  

^a POTSDAM INSTITUTE FOR CLIMATE IMPACT RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c Clunies Ross Street   (Australia)

Author keywords

aggregation; APSIM; LPJmL; scale; spatial variability; temporal variability

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; AGRICULTURE; CROPS; CULTIVATION; FOOD SUPPLY; INPUT OUTPUT PROGRAMS; SOILS;

APSIM; LPJML; SCALE; SPATIAL VARIABILITY; TEMPORAL VARIABILITY;

CLIMATE MODELS;

AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; AGRICULTURAL MODELING; CROP PRODUCTION; CROP YIELD; MAIZE; MODEL VALIDATION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

BURKINA FASO;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84923827052     PISSN: 17489318     EISSN: 17489326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/10/2/024017     Document Type: Article

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