Improving cereal yield forecasts in Europe – The impact of weather extremes

European Journal of Agronomy

Volumn 89, Issue , 2017, Pages 97-106

  Pagani, Valentina ^a   Guarneri, Tommaso ^a   Fumagalli, Davide ^b   Movedi, Ermes ^a   Testi, Luca ^f   Klein, Tommy ^d,g   Calanca, Pierluigi ^d   Villalobos, Francisco ^c   Lopez Bernal, Alvaro ^c   Niemeyer, Stefan ^b   Bellocchi, Gianni ^e   Confalonieri, Roberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CÓRDOBA   (Spain)

^d AGROSCOPE RECKENHOLZ TÄNIKON RESEARCH STATION ART   (Switzerland)

^e French National Institute of Agricultural Research   (France)

^f INSTITUTO DE AGRICULTURA SOSTENIBLE   (Spain)

^g Munich Re   (Germany)

Author keywords

Agro climatic indicators; CGMS; Crop model; Extreme weather events; WOFOST; Yield forecasting

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL MODELING; AGROMETEOROLOGY; ANNUAL VARIATION; CEREAL; CLIMATE EFFECT; CROP IMPROVEMENT; CROP PRODUCTION; CROP YIELD; ENVIRONMENTAL INDICATOR; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EUROPEAN COMMISSION; EXTREME EVENT; FORECASTING METHOD; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT;

POLAND [CENTRAL EUROPE];

HORDEUM;

EID: 85022067945     PISSN: 11610301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eja.2017.06.010     Document Type: Article

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