Dependence of rainfall interception on drop size: 1. Development of the two-layer stochastic model

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 185, Issue 1-4, 1996, Pages 363-378

  Calder, Ian R ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBABILITY; RANDOM PROCESSES; STATISTICAL METHODS;

MARSHALL PALMER DISTRIBUTION; RAINFALL INTERCEPTION; STOCHASTIC WETTING EFFECTS; WATER STORAGE CAPACITY;

RAIN;

CANOPY; DROP SIZE; INTERCEPTION; STOCHASTIC MODEL;

EID: 0030274086     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0022-1694(95)02998-2     Document Type: Article

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