The importance of canopy structure in controlling the interception loss of rainfall: Examples from a young and an old-growth Douglas-fir forest

Agricultural and Forest Meteorology

Volumn 130, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 113-129

  Pypker, Thomas G ^a   Bond, Barbara J ^a   Link, Timothy E ^b   Marks, Danny ^c   Unsworth, Michael H ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

^c AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Canopy water storage capacity; Douglas fir forest; Gash model; Rainfall interception

Indexed keywords

CANOPY; FOREST; INTERCEPTION; RAINFALL;

ABIES; PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII;

EID: 20444417488     PISSN: 01681923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agrformet.2005.03.003     Document Type: Article

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