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Andy Challinor Prof Andy Challinor

Professor of Climate Impacts; Programme Manager for MSc Climate System Science

Telephone number: +44(0) 113 34 33194
Email address: a.j.challinor@leeds.ac.uk
Room: 11.107

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Publications

  • Thornton, PK; Jones, PG; Ericksen, PJ; Challinor, AJ (2011) Agriculture and food systems in sub-Saharan Africa in a 4 degrees C+ world, PHILOS T R SOC A, 369, pp.117-136. doi:10.1098/rsta.2010.0246
  • Challinor, AJ; Simelton, ES; Fraser, EDG; Hemming, D; Collins, M (2010) Increased crop failure due to climate change: assessing adaptation options using models and socio-economic data for wheat in China, ENVIRON RES LETT, 5, . doi:10.1088/1748-9326/5/3/034012
  • Challinor, AJ; Wheeler, T; Hemming, D; Upadhyaya, HD (2009) Ensemble yield simulations: crop and climate uncertainties, sensitivity to temperature and genotypic adaptation to climate change, CLIM RES, 38, pp.117-127. doi:10.3354/cr00779
  • Challinor, AJ; Osborne, T; Morse, A; Shaffrey, L; Wheeler, T; Weller, H; Vidale, PL (2009) METHODS AND RESOURCES FOR CLIMATE IMPACTS RESEARCH Achieving Synergy, B AM METEOROL SOC, 90, pp.836-+. doi:10.1175/2008BAMS2403.1
  • Challinor, A (2009) Towards the development of adaptation options using climate and crop yield forecasting at seasonal to multi-decadal timescales, Environmental Science and Policy, 12, pp.453-465. doi:10.1016/j.envsci.2008.09.008
  • Falloon, P; Smith, P; Betts, R; Jones, C; Smith, J; Hemming, D; Challinor, A (2009) Carbon sequestration and greenhouse gas fluxes from cropland soils - climate opportunities and threats, In: Singh, SN (Ed) Climate Change and Crops, Environmental Science and Engineering , Springer Verlag, pp.81-111.
  • Challinor, AJ; Wheeler, TR (2008) Use of a crop model ensemble to quantify CO2 stimulation of water-stressed and well-watered crops, AGR FOREST METEOROL, 148, pp.1062-1077. doi:10.1016/j.agrformet.2008.02.006
  • Challinor, A (2008) Towards a science of adaptation that prioritises the poor, IDS Bulletin, 39, .
  • Challinor, AJ; Wheeler, TR (2008) Crop yield reduction in the tropics under climate change: Processes and uncertainties, AGR FOREST METEOROL, 148, pp.343-356. doi:10.1016/j.agrformet.2007.09.015
  • Osborne, TM; Lawrence, DM; Challinor, AJ; Slingo, JM; Wheeler, TR (2007) Development and assessment of a coupled crop-climate model, GLOBAL CHANGE BIOL, 13, pp.169-183. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2486.2006.01274.x
  • Challinor, AJ; Wheeler, TR; Garforth, C; Craufurd, P; Kassam, A (2007) Assessing the vulnerability of food crop systems in Africa to climate change, Climatic Change, 83, pp.381-399.
  • Wheeler, TR; Challinor, AJ; Osborne, TM; Slingo, JM (2007) Development of a combined crop and climate forecasting system for seasonal to decadal predictions, In: Sivakumar, MVK; Hansen, J (Ed) Climate Prediction and Agriculture: Advances and Challenges, Elsevier.
  • Bergamaschi, H; Wheeler, TR; Challinor, AJ; Comiran, F; Heckler, BM (2007) Relationships between maize yield and rainfall on different temporal and spatial scales in subtropical Southern Brazil, Pesquisa Agropecuaria Brasileira, 42, pp.603-613.
  • Bergamaschi, H; Wheeler, TR; Challinor, AJ; Comiran, F; Heckler, BMM (2007) Maize yield and rainfall on different spatial and temporal scales in Southern Brazil, PESQUI AGROPECU BRAS, 42, pp.603-613.
  • Challinor, AJ; Wheeler, TR; Craufurd, PQ; Ferro, CAT; Stephenson, DB (2007) Adaptation of crops to climate change through genotypic responses to mean and extreme temperatures, AGR ECOSYST ENVIRON, 119, pp.190-204. doi:10.1016/j.agee.2006.07.009
  • Challinor, AJ; Wheeler, TR; Osborne, TM; Slingo, JM (2006) Assessing the vulnerability of crop productivity to climate change thresholds using an integrated crop-climate model, In: Schellnhuber; J; Cramer; W; Nakicenovic; N; Yohe; G; Wigley; L, TM (Ed) Avoiding Dangerous Climate Change, Cambridge University Press, pp.187-194. doi:10.2277/0521864712
  • Washington, R; Harrison, M; Conway, D; Black, E; Challinor, AJ; Grimes, D; Jones, R; Morse, A; Kay, G; Todd, M (2006) African Climate Change: Taking the Shorter Route, Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society , 87, pp.1355-1366. doi:10.1175/BAMS-87-10-1355
  • Challinor, AJ; Wheeler, TR; Slingo, JM; Osborne, TM (2006) Combining weather and crop yield forecasting for seasonal to multi-decadal prediction, Inside Agriculture, 1, pp.40-45.
  • Hansen, J; Challinor, AJ; Ines, A; Wheeler, TR; Moron, V (2006) Translating climate forecasts into agricultural terms: advances and challenges, Climate Research, 33, pp.27-41.
  • Challinor, AJ; Wheeler, TR; Slingo, JM; Craufurd, PQ; Grimes, DIF (2005) Simulation of crop yields using ERA-40: Limits to skill and nonstationarity in weather-yield relationships, J APPL METEOROL, 44, pp.516-531.
  • Challinor, AJ; Wheeler, TR; Craufurd, PQ; Slingo, JM (2005) Simulation of the impact of high temperature stress on annual crop yields, AGR FOREST METEOROL, 135, pp.180-189. doi:10.1016/j.agrformet.2005.11.015
  • Challinor, AJ; Slingo, JM; Wheeler, TR; Doblas-Reyes, FJ (2005) Probabilistic simulations of crop yield over western India using the DEMETER seasonal hindcast ensembles, TELLUS A, 57, pp.498-512.
  • Challinor, AJ; Wheeler, TR; Slingo, JM; Osborne, TM (2005) Climate variability, climate change and crop productivity in the tropics, Outlooks on Pest Management, pp.71-74.
  • Wheeler, TR; Challinor, AJ; Slingo, JM; Hoskins, BJ (2005) Food crops in a changing climate,Papers of Royal Society Discussion Meeting: Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, B. , Royal Society of London, pp.1981-2194.
  • Slingo, JM; Challinor, AJ; Hoskins, BJ; Wheeler, TR (2005) Introduction: food crops in a changing climate, PHILOS T ROY SOC B, 360, pp.1983-1989. doi:10.1098/rstb.2005.1755
  • Huntingford, C; Lambert, FH; Gash, JHC; Taylor, CM; Challinor, AJ (2005) Aspects of climate change prediction relevant to crop productivity, PHILOS T ROY SOC B, 360, pp.1999-2009. doi:10.1098/rstb.2005.1748
  • Challinor, AJ; Wheeler, TR; Slingo, JM; Hemming, D (2005) Quantification of physical and biological uncertainty in the simulation of the yield of a tropical crop using present-day and doubled CO2 climates, PHILOS T ROY SOC B, 360, pp.2085-2094. doi:10.1098/rstb.2005.1740
  • Challinor, AJ; Wheeler, TR; Slingo, JM; Osborne, TM; Grimes, D; Craufurd, P (2004) The development of combined weather and crop yield forecasting systems for the tropics , CLIVAR Exchanges, 9, pp.14-20.
  • Osborne, TM; Lawrence, DM; Slingo, JM; Challinor, AJ; Wheeler, TR (2004) Influence of vegetation on the local climate and hydrology in the tropics: sensitivity to soil parameters, CLIM DYNAM, 23, pp.45-61. doi:10.1007/s00382-004-0421-1
  • Challinor, AJ; Wheeler, TR; Craufurd, PQ; Slingo, JM; Grimes, DIF (2004) Design and optimisation of a large-area process-based model for annual crops, AGR FOREST METEOROL, 124, pp.99-120. doi:10.1016/j.agrformet.2004.01.002
  • Challinor, AJ; Slingo, JM; Wheeler, TR; Craufurd, PQ; Grimes, DIF (2003) Toward a combined seasonal weather and crop productivity forecasting system: Determination of the working spatial scale, J APPL METEOROL, 42, pp.175-192.