Modelling rainfall interception by a lowland tropical rain forest in northeastern Puerto Rico

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 225, Issue 3-4, 1999, Pages 168-184

  Schellekens, J ^a   Scatena, F N ^b   Bruijnzeel, L A ^a   Wickel, A J ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL FORESTRY   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

Interception loss; Modelling; Puerto Rico; Tropical rain forest

Indexed keywords

CANOPY; INTERCEPTION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RAINFOREST;

PUERTO RICO;

EID: 0033530818     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-1694(99)00157-2     Document Type: Article

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