Seasonal weather forecasts for crop yield modelling in Europe
By: Pierre Cantelaube and Jean-Michel Terres
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.3402/tellusa.v57i3.14669 | Journal eISSN: 3035-9554
Language: English
Page range: 476 - 487
Submitted on: Mar 30, 2004
Accepted on: Dec 2, 2004
Published on: Jan 1, 2005
Published by: Stockholm University Press
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© 2005 Pierre Cantelaube, Jean-Michel Terres, published by Stockholm University Press
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