Dynamic assessment of the impact of drought on agricultural yield and scale-dependent return periods over large geographic regions

Environmental Modelling and Software

Volumn 62, Issue , 2014, Pages 454-464

  Yu, Chaoqing ^a   Li, Changsheng ^a,b   Xin, Qinchuan ^a   Chen, Han ^a   Zhang, Jie ^a   Zhang, Feng ^c   Li, Xuecao ^a   Clinton, Nick ^a   Huang, Xiao ^a   Yue, Yali ^a   Gong, Peng ^a,d  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^c LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d JOINT CENTER FOR GLOBAL CHANGE STUDIES   (China)

Author keywords

Drought; Dynamic; Return period; Scale; Yield prediction

Indexed keywords

CROPS; DYNAMICS; FOOD SUPPLY; GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; GRAIN GROWTH; REMOTE SENSING; RISK ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK PERCEPTION;

AGRICULTURAL DROUGHT; DENITRIFICATION DECOMPOSITIONS (DNDC); DEVELOPMENT SCENARIOS; REMOTE SENSING DATA; RETURN PERIODS; SCALE; SCENARIO-BASED ANALYSIS; YIELD PREDICTION;

DROUGHT;

CROP YIELD; DECISION MAKING; DROUGHT; FOOD SECURITY; MAIZE; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; REMOTE SENSING; RETURN PERIOD; RISK ASSESSMENT; SUSTAINABILITY;

CHINA; LIAONING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85027937099     PISSN: 13648152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsoft.2014.08.004     Document Type: Article

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