Fog precipitation in the Sierra de las Minas biosphere reserve, Guatemala

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 17, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 2001-2010

  Holder, Curtis D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Fog precipitation; Guatemala; Interception; Montane cloud forest; Throughfall

Indexed keywords

CLOUDS; COALESCENCE; FORESTRY; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

VEGETATIVE SURFACES;

FOG;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; FOG; FOREST CANOPY; INTERCEPTION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RAINGAUGE; THROUGHFALL;

GUATEMALA;

EID: 0043069488     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.1224     Document Type: Article

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