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Climate, agricultural production and hydrological balance in the North China Plain

  1. Enli Wang1,*,
  2. Qiang Yu1,2,
  3. Dingrong Wu2,
  4. Jun Xia2

Article first published online: 14 MAR 2008

DOI: 10.1002/joc.1677

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International Journal of Climatology

International Journal of Climatology

Volume 28, Issue 14, pages 1959–1970, 30 November 2008

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Wang, E., Yu, Q., Wu, D. and Xia, J. (2008), Climate, agricultural production and hydrological balance in the North China Plain. Int. J. Climatol., 28: 1959–1970. doi: 10.1002/joc.1677

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  1. 1

    CSIRO Land and Water, Canberra, ACT 2061, Australia

  2. 2

    Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China

*CSIRO Land and Water, Canberra, ACT 2061, Australia.

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 22 OCT 2008
  2. Article first published online: 14 MAR 2008
  3. Manuscript Accepted: 1 DEC 2007
  4. Manuscript Revised: 5 AUG 2007
  5. Manuscript Received: 3 JAN 2007

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