Modeling canopy rainfall interception of a tropical seasonal rainforest in Xishuangbanna, Southwest China

Acta Ecologica Sinica

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 722-729

  Wang, Xin ^a,b   Zhang, Yi Ping ^a   Liu, Wen Jie ^a  

^a CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Gash analytic model; Rainfall interception; Tropical seasonal rainforest

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645578818     PISSN: 10000933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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