From grid to field: Assessing quality of gridded weather data for agricultural applications

European Journal of Agronomy

Volumn 82, Issue , 2017, Pages 163-172

  Mourtzinis, Spyridon ^a   Rattalino Edreira, Juan I ^b   Conley, Shawn P ^a   Grassini, Patricio ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Crop yield; Interpolation; Phenology; Simulation model; Weather data

Indexed keywords

GLYCINE MAX; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84996910395     PISSN: 11610301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eja.2016.10.013     Document Type: Article

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