Potential impact of future climate change on crop yield in northeastern China

Advances in Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 32, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 889-897

  Zhou, Mengzi ^a,b,c   Wang, Huijun ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

climate models; northeastern China; projection; statistical crop models; uncertainty

Indexed keywords

EID: 84928628137     PISSN: 02561530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00376-014-4161-9     Document Type: Article

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