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

Vermeulen SJ; Aggarwal PK; Ainslie A; Angelone C; Campbell BM; Challinor AJ; Hansen JW; Ingram JSI; Jarvis A; Kristjanson P; Lau C; Nelson GC; Thornton PK; Wollenberg E (2012) Options for support to agriculture and food security under climate change, ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & POLICY, 15, pp.136-144. doi: 10.1016/j.envsci.2011.09.003
Hollaway MJ; Arnold SR; Challinor AJ; Emberson LD (2011) Intercontinental trans-boundary contributions to ozone-induced crop yield losses in the Northern Hemisphere, Biogeosciences Discussions, 8, pp.8645-8691.
Thornton PK; Jones PG; Ericksen PJ; Challinor AJ (2011) Agriculture and food systems in sub-Saharan Africa in a 4 degrees C+ world, PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY A-MATHEMATICAL PHYSICAL AND ENGINEERING SCIENCES, 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, ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH LETTERS, 5, . doi: 10.1088/1748-9326/5/3/034012
Challinor AJ; Osborne T; Morse A; Shaffrey L; Wheeler T; Weller H; Vidale PL (2009) METHODS AND RESOURCES FOR CLIMATE IMPACTS RESEARCH Achieving Synergy, BULLETIN OF THE AMERICAN METEOROLOGICAL SOCIETY, 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
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, CLIMATE RESEARCH, 38, pp.117-127. doi: 10.3354/cr00779
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; Osborne T; Morse A; Shaffrey L; Wheeler T; Weller H; Vidale PL (2009) Methods and resources for climate impacts research, Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 90, pp.836-848.
Challinor AJ; Ewert F; Arnold S; Simelton E; Fraser E (2009) Crops and climate change: Progress, trends, and challenges in simulating impacts and informing adaptation, Journal of Experimental Botany, 60, pp.2775-2789.
Challinor AJ; Wheeler TR (2008) Use of a crop model ensemble to quantify CO2 stimulation of water-stressed and well-watered crops, AGRICULTURAL AND FOREST METEOROLOGY, 148, pp.1062-1077. doi: 10.1016/j.agrformet.2008.02.006
Challinor AJ; Wheeler TR (2008) Crop yield reduction in the tropics under climate change: Processes and uncertainties, AGRICULTURAL AND FOREST METEOROLOGY, 148, pp.343-356. doi: 10.1016/j.agrformet.2007.09.015
Challinor A (2008) Towards a science of adaptation that prioritises the poor, IDS Bulletin, 39, .
Osborne TM; Lawrence DM; Challinor AJ; Slingo JM; Wheeler TR (2007) Development and assessment of a coupled crop-climate model, GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY, 13, pp.169-183. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2006.01274.x
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.
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.
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; Machado Heckler BM (2007) Maize yield and rainfall on different spatial and temporal scales in Southern Brazil, PESQUISA AGROPECUARIA BRASILEIRA, 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, AGRICULTURE ECOSYSTEMS & ENVIRONMENT, 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, JOURNAL OF APPLIED METEOROLOGY, 44, pp.516-531. doi: 10.1175/JAM2212.1
Challinor AJ; Wheeler TR; Craufurd PQ; Slingo JM (2005) Simulation of the impact of high temperature stress on annual crop yields, AGRICULTURAL AND FOREST METEOROLOGY, 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 SERIES A-DYNAMIC METEOROLOGY AND OCEANOGRAPHY, 57, pp.498-512. doi: 10.1111/j.1600-0870.2005.00126.x
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, PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES, 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, PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES, 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, PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES, 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, CLIMATE DYNAMICS, 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, AGRICULTURAL AND FOREST METEOROLOGY, 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, JOURNAL OF APPLIED METEOROLOGY, 42, pp.175-192. doi: 10.1175/1520-0450(2003)042<0175:TACSWA>2.0.CO;2