Comparing correction methods of RCM outputs for improving crop impact projections in the Iberian Peninsula for 21st century

Climatic Change

Volumn 134, Issue 1-2, 2016, Pages 283-297

  Ruiz Ramos, M ^a   Rodriguez A ^a   Dosio, A ^b   Goodess, C M ^c   Harpham, C ^c   Minguez M I ^a   Sanchez E ^d  

^a UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CASTILLA LA MANCHA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CROPS;

CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACT; CORRECTION METHOD; CORRECTION PERFORMANCE; GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT; IMPACT ASSESSMENTS; MODELING VARIABILITY; POSTPROCESSING METHODS; REGIONAL CLIMATE MODELS;

CLIMATE MODELS;

AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; AGRICULTURAL MODELING; AGROMETEOROLOGY; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROP YIELD; CROPPING PRACTICE; DATA SET; ERROR CORRECTION; MAIZE; OROGRAPHY; PHENOLOGY;

IBERIAN PENINSULA;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84951569418     PISSN: 01650009     EISSN: 15731480     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10584-015-1518-8     Document Type: Article

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