Sugarcane model intercomparison: Structural differences and uncertainties under current and potential future climates

Environmental Modelling and Software

Volumn 72, Issue , 2015, Pages 372-386

  Marin, Fábio R ^a   Thorburn, Peter J ^b   Nassif, Daniel S P ^a   Costa, Leandro G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Calibration; Climate change; Model intercomparison; Process based model; Simulation; Sugarcane; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; FORECASTING; SUGAR CANE;

ACCURATE PREDICTION; CO2 CONCENTRATION; MODEL INTER COMPARISONS; PREDICTED YIELD; PROCESS-BASED MODELING; SIMULATION; STRUCTURAL DIFFERENCES; UNCERTAINTY;

CLIMATE MODELS;

EID: 84925321229     PISSN: 13648152     EISSN: 18736726     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsoft.2015.02.019     Document Type: Article

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