Using a team survey to improve team communication for enhanced delivery of agro-climate decision support tools

Agricultural Systems

Volumn 138, Issue , 2015, Pages 31-37

  Prokopy, Linda S ^a   Hart, Chad E ^b   Massey, Raymond ^c   Widhalm, Melissa ^a   Klink, Jenna ^d   Andresen, Jeffrey ^e   Angel, James ^f   Blewett, Thomas ^g   Doering, Otto C ^a   Elmore, Roger ^h   Gramig, Benjamin M ^a   Guinan, Patrick ^c   Hall, Beth L ⁱ   Jain, Atul ^j   Knutson, Cody L ^k   Lemos, Maria Carmen ^l   Morton, Lois Wright ^b   Niyogi, Dev ^m   Power, Rebecca ^d   Shulski, Martha D ^k   Song, Carol X ⁿ   Takle, Eugene S ^b   Todey, Dennis ^o   more..

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^e MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f ILLINOIS STATE WATER SURVEY   (United States)

^g Wisconsin Electric Machines and Power Electronics Consortium   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

ⁱ University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^k UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^l School of Natural Resources   (United States)

^m PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁿ Purdue University   (United States)

^o South Dakota State University   (United States)

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Author keywords

Climate; Communication; Decision support tools; Interdisciplinary; Midwestern United States; Survey

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMMUNICATION; DECISION MAKING; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; EXPERT SYSTEM; INTERDISCIPLINARY APPROACH; MAIZE;

UNITED STATES;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84930226129     PISSN: 0308521X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agsy.2015.05.002     Document Type: Article

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