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Publications (since 2002)

Refereed Scientific Journals

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Challinor A.J., Wheeler T.R., Garforth C.J., Craufurd P.Q. and Kassam A. (2007). Assessing the vulnerability of food crop systems in Africa to climate change. Climatic Change. in press.

Bergamaschi H., Wheeler T.R., Challinor A.J., Comiran F., Heckler B.M. (2007). Relationships between maize yield and rainfall on different temporal and spatial scales in subtropical Southern Brazil. Pesquisa Agropecuária Brasileira, in press.

Osborne T.O, Lawrence D.M., Challinor A.J., Slingo J.M, Wheeler T.R. (2007). Development and assessment of a coupled crop-climate model. Global Change Biology, 13, 169-183.

Challinor A.J., Wheeler T.R., Craufurd P.Q., Ferro C.A.T. and Stephenson D.B. (2007). Adaptation of crops to climate change through genotypic responses to mean and extreme temperatures. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment, 119, 190-204.

Hansen J., Challinor A., Ines A., Wheeler T., Moron V. (2006). Translating climate forecasts into agricultural terms: advances and challenges. Climate Research, 33, 27-41.

Challinor, A. J., J. M. Slingo, T. R. Wheeler and F. J. Doblas-Reyes, (2005). Probabilistic simulations of crop yield over western India using the DEMETER seasonal hindcast ensembles. Tellus, 57A, 498-512.

Challinor, A. J., T. R. Wheeler, J. M. Slingo, P. Q. Craufurd and D. I. F. Grimes, (2005). Simulation of Crop Yields Using ERA-40: Limits to Skill and Nonstationarity in Weather-Yield Relationships. Journal of Applied Meteorology, 44, 516-531.

Challinor, A. J., T. R. Wheeler, P. Q. Craufurd and J. M. Slingo, (2005). Simulation of the impact of high temperature stress on annual crop yields. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 135, 180-189.

Challinor, A. J., T.R. Wheeler, J.M. Slingo and D. Hemming, (2005). Quantification of physical and biological uncertainty in the simulation of the yield of a tropical crop using present day and doubled CO2 climates. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B, 360, 1463, 2085-2094.

Huntingford, C., F. H. Lambert, J. H. C. Gash,C. M. Taylor and A. J. Challinor, (2005). Aspects of climate change prediction relevant to crop productivity. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B, 360, 1463, 1999-2009.


Slingo,J. M., A. J. Challinor, B. J. Hoskins and T. R. Wheeler, (2005). Food crops in a changing climate. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B, 360, 1463, 1983-1989.

Wheeler, T. R., A. J. Challinor, J. M. Slingo, D. I. F. Grimes and P. Q. Craufurd, (2005). Forecasting the harvest: From proverbs to PCs. The Biologist, 51, 1, 45-49. 

Osborne T.M., Lawrence D.M., Slingo J.M., Challinor A.J., Wheeler T.R. (2004). Influence of vegetation on the local climate and hydrology in the tropics: sensitivity to soil parameters. Climate Dynamics, 23, 45-61.


Challinor A.J., Wheeler T.R., Craufurd P.Q., Slingo J.M., Grimes D.I.F. (2004). Design and optimisation of a large-area process-based model for annual crops. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 124, 99-120.


Challinor A.J., Slingo J.M., Wheeler T.R., Craufurd P.Q. and Grimes D.I.F. (2003). Towards a combined seasonal weather and crop productivity forecasting system: determination of the spatial correlation scale. Journal of Applied Meteorology, 42, 175-192.

Proceedings of International Conferences

Challinor A.J., Slingo J.M., Wheeler T.R., Craufurd P.Q., Grimes D.I.F. (2003).  The development of integrated crop/weather forecasting systems.   Proceedings of International Workshop on Crop and Rangeland Monitoring in Eastern Africa, Nairobi, 169-173.

Published Abstracts

Sanai Li, Wheeler T.R., and Challinor A.J. (2007). Development of large area wheat crop model for studying climate change impacts in China. Journal of Agricultural Science, in press.

Challinor A.J. and Wheeler T.R. (2006). Quantifying uncertainty in the simulation of crop-climate processes. Journal of Agricultural Science, 144, 458.

Osborne, T. M., J. M. Slingo, T. R. Wheeler, A. J. Challinor and D. M. Lawrence, (2005). Examining the impact of crop cultivation on climate with a general circulation model (GCM). Journal of Agricultural Science, 143, 4, 319-324.

Challinor A.J., Wheeler T.R., Slingo J.M., Craufurd P.Q. and Grimes D.I.F. (2003).  Towards the development of integrated weather/crop forecasting systems.  Journal of Agricultural Science, 139, 108-109.  

Challinor A.J., Wheeler T.R., Craufurd P.Q., Slingo J.M. and Grimes D.I.F. (2003).  Crop growth modelling for use with large-area input date.  Journal of Agricultural Science, 140, 479-487.

Challinor A.J., Wheeler T.R., Slingo J.M., Craufurd P.Q. and Grimes D.I.F. (2002).  Crop growth modelling for use with large-area input data.  Journal of Agricultural Science, 140, 479.

Challinor A.J., Wheeler T.R., Slingo J.M., Grimes D.I.F. and Craufurd P.Q. (2002). Towards the development of integrated weather/crop forecasting systems. Journal of Agricultural Science, Cambridge, 139, 108-109.

Miscellaneous

Wheeler T.R., Challinor A.J., Osborne T.M., Slingo J.M. (2007). Development of a combined crop and climate forecasting system for seasonal to decadal predictions. In Climate Prediction and Agriculture: Advances and Challenges (Eds, Sivakumar M.V.K. and Hansen J.). Springer, Berlin, p. 31-39.

Wheeler T.R., Challinor A.J., Slingo J.M., Hoskins B.J. (2005). Eds., Food Crops in a Changing Climate. Philosophical Transaction of the Royal Society B, Special Issue, 340.

Challinor, A. J., T. R. Wheeler, T. M. Osborne and J. M. Slingo, (2006). Assessing the vulnerability of crop productivity to climate change thresholds using an integrated crop-climate model. In: Avoiding Dangerous Climate Change. Schellnhuber, J., W. Cramer, N. Nakicenovic, T. M. L. Wigley and G. Yohe (Eds) Cambridge University Press , 187-194.

Challinor A.J., Wheeler T.R., Slingo J.M., Osborne T.M., Grimes D.I.F. and Craufurd P.Q.  (2004). The Development of combined weather and crop yield forecasting systems for the tropics.  CLIVAR Exchanges, 9, 14 and 19-20.

Wheeler T.R. ((2004).  Meeting Report – Meteorology and agriculture.  Weather, 59, 163.  

Research Reports

Slingo J.M., E. Guilyardi, K. Hodges, B. J. Hoskins, P. M. Inness, D. M. Lawrence, R. B. Neale, T. M. Osborne, H. Spencer, and G.-Y. Yang, 2003. How good is the Hadley Centre climate model? Research at CGAM on identifying and understanding model systematic errors: 1999-2002. CGAM/NCAS Report.

 

 

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