Performance of Temperature-Related Weather Index for Agricultural Insurance of Three Main Crops in China

Abstract In this study, two categories of weather index—absolute index and relative index—for chilling injury and heat damage of three main crops in China were assessed to identify insurable counties. First, correlations between selected weather indices and yield losses were examined for each county...

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Main Authors: Jing Zhang, Zhao Zhang, Fulu Tao
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2017-03-01
Series:International Journal of Disaster Risk Science
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s13753-017-0115-z