Dependence of rainfall interception on drop size: 3. Implementation and comparative performance of the stochastic model using data from a tropical site in Sri Lanka

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 185, Issue 1-4, 1996, Pages 389-407

  Hall, Robin L ^a   Calder, Ian R ^a   Gunawardena, E R Nimal ^b   Rosier, Paul T W ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PERADENIYA   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DROP SIZE; INTERCEPTION; RUTTER MODEL; STOCHASTIC MODEL; TROPICAL SITE;

SRI LANKA;

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RANDOM PROCESSES; WETTING;

RAINFALL INTERCEPTION; RUTTER MODEL; STOCHASTIC INTERCEPTION MODEL; STOCHASTIC WETTING EFFECTS; WATER STORAGE CAPACITY;

RAIN;

EID: 0030274092     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0022-1694(95)03000-X     Document Type: Article

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