A model to consider the spatial variability of rainfall partitioning within deciduous canopy. I. Model description

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 11, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 1509-1523

  Davie, T J A ^a   Durocher, M G ^b  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b HYDRO QUÉBEC   (Canada)

Author keywords

Interception; Model; Rainfall partitioning; Spatial variability

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PLANTS (BOTANY); RANDOM PROCESSES; VECTORS;

MODIFIED POISSON DISTRIBUTION; RAINFALL PARTITIONING; RUTTER MODEL; SPATIAL VARIABILITY;

RAIN;

CANOPY STRUCTURE; FOREST HYDROLOGY; MODEL; RAINFALL PARTITIONING;

EID: 0031231611     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1099-1085(199709)11:11<1509::aid-hyp482>3.0.co;2-l     Document Type: Article

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