What are the effects of Agro-Ecological Zones and land use region boundaries on land resource projection using the Global Change Assessment Model?

Environmental Modelling and Software

Volumn 85, Issue , 2016, Pages 246-265

  Di Vittorio, Alan V ^a   Kyle, Page ^b   Collins, William D ^a,c  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

AEZ; Agro ecological zone; Climate change; GCAM; Integrated assessment model; Land use; Scale

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; CLIMATE MODELS; ECOLOGY; LAND USE; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES; AGRO-ECOLOGICAL ZONES; GCAM; INTEGRATED ASSESSMENT MODELS; LAND PRODUCTIVITIES; PRODUCTION VOLUMES; REGION BOUNDARIES; SCALE;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

AGRICULTURAL PRICE; AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; AGROECOLOGY; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; GLOBAL CHANGE; INTEGRATED APPROACH; LAND USE CHANGE; LAND USE LOCATION; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; RESOURCE ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84984986374     PISSN: 13648152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsoft.2016.08.016     Document Type: Article

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