The Role of Climate Covariability on Crop Yields in the Conterminous United States

Scientific Reports

Volumn 6, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Leng, Guoyong ^a   Zhang, Xuesong ^a   Huang, Maoyi ^a   Asrar, Ghassem R ^a   Leung, L Ruby ^a  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE; GROWING SEASON; HARVEST; MODEL; NONHUMAN; PLANT YIELD; PREDICTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOYBEAN; UNITED STATES; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 84987670091     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep33160     Document Type: Article

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