Rainfall interception by Sacramento's urban forest

Journal of Arboriculture

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 235-243

  Xiao, Qingfu ^a   McPherson, E Gregory ^a   Simpson, James R ^a   Ustin, Susan L ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Geographic information system; Kriging; Numerical modeling; Rainfall interception; Remote sensing; Urban forest; Urban runoff

Indexed keywords

FOREST; INTERCEPTION; NUMERICAL MODEL; RAINFALL; SIMULATION; URBAN AREA;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032231960     PISSN: 02785226     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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