Differences between observed and calculated solar radiations and their impact on simulated crop yields

Field Crops Research

Volumn 176, Issue , 2015, Pages 1-10

  Wang, Jing ^a   Wang, Enli ^b   Yin, Hong ^c   Feng, Liping ^a   Zhao, Yanxia ^d  

^a CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c China Meteorological Administration   (China)

^d STATE KEY LABORATORY OF SEVERE WEATHER   (China)

Author keywords

APSIM; Crop modeling; Global solar radiation; Johnson Woodward model; Simulated yield potential; ngstr m Prescott model

Indexed keywords

CROP YIELD; FARMING SYSTEM; GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE; GROWTH MODELING; MAIZE; QUALITY CONTROL; SIMULATION; SOLAR RADIATION; WHEAT;

CHINA; NORTH CHINA PLAIN;

TRITICUM AESTIVUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84924420498     PISSN: 03784290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fcr.2015.02.014     Document Type: Article

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