Modelling interception loss for two sparse eucalypt and pine forests in central Portugal using reformulated Rutter and Gash analytical models

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 190, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 141-162

  Valante, F ^a   David, J S ^a   Gash, J H C ^b  

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR DE AGRONOMIA   (Portugal)

^b CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EUCALYPTUS FOREST; GASH MODEL; INTERCEPTION; PINE FOREST; RAINFALL; RUTTER MODEL; STEMFLOW; THROUGHFALL;

PORTUGAL;

FORESTRY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; METEOROLOGY; RAIN; SURFACE WATERS;

EUCALYPT AND PINE FORESTS; INTERCEPTION LOSS;

HYDROLOGY;

EID: 0030615719     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-1694(96)03066-1     Document Type: Article

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