ENSO Effects on Sugar Cane Yields in Latin America

IAI-Science-ISP-3-041 is a final report evaluating the feasibility of estimating El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) effects on sugar cane yields. The project used mechanistic-model simulations within a Geographic Information System (GIS) for experimental zones in several Latin American countries. The work was conducted by Principal Investigator Angel Utset and the organization SCIOPS, with a last update recorded in December 1999.

Use Cases

• Modeling sugar cane yield variations using GIS-based mechanistic simulations of ENSO phases.
• Analyzing spatial correlations between ENSO indices and agricultural output in specific experimental zones.
• Evaluating the feasibility of climate-driven crop forecasting systems for Latin American sugar cane regions.

Strengths

• Project focuses on a specific, high-impact climate phenomenon (ENSO) for a major crop.
• Analysis employs mechanistic-model simulation integrated with Geographic Information System (GIS) tools.

Limitations

• Data is a final report from 1999, making the findings and methods potentially temporally stale.
• Specific sample size, row counts, and raw data columns from the simulations are unknown.
• Geographic coverage is described only as 'several Latin American countries', lacking precise boundaries.

Provenance

Source

SCIOPS, via NASA Earthdata.

Collection Method

Mechanistic-model simulation performed within a Geographic Information System (GIS).

Time Range

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Freshness

1999-12-01

Geography

Experimental zones in several Latin American countries.