Monthly-to-seasonal predictions of durum wheat yield over the Mediterranean Basin

Climate Research

Volumn 65, Issue , 2015, Pages 7-21

  Ferrise, Roberto ^a   Toscano, Piero ^b   Pasqui, Massimiliano ^c   Moriondo, Marco ^b   Primicerio, Jacopo ^c   Semenov, Mikhail A ^d   Bindi, Marco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b INSTITUTE OF BIOMETEOROLOGY   (Italy)

^c CNR   (Italy)

^d ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Analogue forecasts; Crop modelling; Durum wheat; Empirical forecasting models; Mediterranean Basin; Seasonal forecasts; Stochastic weather generator; Yield predictions

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL MODELING; CROP YIELD; DECISION MAKING; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; GROWING SEASON; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WEATHER FORECASTING; WHEAT;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

TRITICUM AESTIVUM; TRITICUM TURGIDUM SUBSP. DURUM;

EID: 84945571768     PISSN: 0936577X     EISSN: 16161572     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/cr01325     Document Type: Article

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