Assessing raindrop impact energy at the forest floor in a mature Japanese cypress plantation using continuous raindrop-sizing instruments

Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 157-164

  Nanko, Kazuki ^a   Hotta, Norifumi ^a   Suzuki, Masakazu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Continuous raindrop measurement; Mature Japanese cypress forest; Throughfall raindrop distribution; Throughfall raindrop impact energy

Indexed keywords

PLANTS (BOTANY); RAIN;

LASER RAINDROP-SIZING INSTRUMENT (LD); OPEN RAINFALL; RAINDROP IMPACT ENERGY; RAINDROP SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

FORESTRY;

FORESTRY; PLANTATIONS; PRECIPITATION; RAIN;

CHAMAECYPARIS; CHAMAECYPARIS OBTUSA; CUPRESSUS;

EID: 18544385049     PISSN: 13416979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10310-003-0067-6     Document Type: Article

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