Storage of water on vegetation under simulated rainfall of varying intensity

Advances in Water Resources

Volumn 29, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 974-986

  Keim, R F ^a   Skaugset, A E ^b   Weiler, M ^c  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canopy interception; Canopy storage; Forest canopy; Rainfall intensity; Rainfall simulation; Throughfall

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DYNAMICS; FORESTRY; HYDROLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; VEGETATION;

CANOPY INTERCEPTION; CANOPY STORAGE; NONLINEAR MODEL; RAINFALL INTENSITY; RAINFALL SIMULATION; WOODY VEGETATION;

RAIN;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DYNAMICS; FORESTRY; HYDROLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RAIN; VEGETATION;

FOREST CANOPY; INTERCEPTION; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; PREDICTION; SIMULATION; THROUGHFALL; VEGETATION DYNAMICS; WATER STORAGE;

DYNAMICS; FOREST CANOPY; HYDROLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PLANTS; RAIN; SIMULATION;

EID: 33744908053     PISSN: 03091708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.advwatres.2005.07.017     Document Type: Article

References (66)

1. Aston A.R. Rainfall interception by eight small trees. J Hydrol 42 (1979) 383-396
2. Barclay H.J. Conversion of total leaf area to projected leaf area in lodgepole pine and Douglas-fir. Tree Physiol 18 (1998) 185-193
3. Barclay H.J., and Goodman D. Conversion of total to projected leaf area index in conifers. Can J Botany 78 (2000) 447-454
4. Best A.C. The size distribution of raindrops. Quart J Roy Meteor Soc 16 (1950) 16-36
5. Bouten W., Swart P.J.F., and de Water E. Microwave transmission, a new tool in forest hydrological research. J Hydrol 124 (1991) 199-230
6. Bouten W., Schaap M.G., Aerts J., and Vermetten A.W.M. Monitoring and modelling canopy water storage amounts in support of atmospheric deposition studies. J Hydrol 81 (1996) 305-321
7. Brandt C.J. The size distribution of throughfall drops under vegetation canopies. Catena 16 (1989) 507-524
8. Calder I.R. A model of transpiration and interception loss from a spruce forest in Plynlimon, central Wales. J Hydrol 33 (1977) 247-265
9. Calder I.R. A stochastic model of rainfall interception. J Hydrol 89 (1986) 65-71
10. Calder I.R. Dependence of rainfall interception of drop size: 1. Development of the two-layer stochastic model. J Hydrol 185 (1996) 363-378
11. Calder I.R. Rainfall interception and drop size-development and calibration of the two-layer stochastic interception model. Tree Physiol 16 (1996) 727-732
12. Calder I.R., and Wright I.R. Gamma ray attenuation studies of interception from Sitka spruce: some evidence for an additional transport mechanism. Water Resour Res 22 (1986) 409-417
13. Calder I.R., Hall R.L., Rosier P.T.W., Bastable H.G., and Prasanna K. Dependence of rainfall interception of drop size: 2. Experimental determination of the wetting functions and two-layer stochastic model parameter for five tropical tree species. J Hydrol 185 (1996) 379-388
14. Chow V.T. Handbook of applied hydrology (1998), McGraw-Hill, New York
15. Crockford R.H., and Richardson D.P. Partitioning of rainfall in a eucalypt forest and pine plantation in southeastern Australia III: determination of the canopy storage capacity of a dry sclerophyll eucalypt forest. Hydrol Process 4 (1990) 157-167
16. Davie T.J.A., and Durocher M.G. A model to consider the spatial variability of rainfall partitioning within deciduous canopy. I. Model description. Hydrol Process 11 (1997) 1509-1523
17. Davie T.J.A., and Durocher M.G. A model to consider the spatial variability of rainfall partitioning within deciduous canopy. II. Model parameterization and testing. Hydrol Process 11 (1997) 1525-1540
18. Domingo F., Sánchez G., Moro M.J., Brenner A.J., and Puigdefábregas J. Measurement and modelling of rainfall interception by three semi-arid canopies. Agric Forest Meteorol 91 (1998) 275-292
19. Dunkerly D. Measuring interception loss and canopy storage in dryland vegetation: a brief review and evaluation of available research strategies. Hydrol Process 14 (2000) 669-678
20. Grah R.F., and Wilson C.C. Some components of rainfall interception. J Forest 42 (1944) 890-898
21. Grubin C. Mechanics of variable mass systems. J Franklin I 276 (1963) 305-312
22. Hancock N.H., and Crowther J.M. A technique for the direct measurement of water storage on a forest canopy. J Hydrol 41 (1979) 105-122
23. Hall R.L. Further interception studies of heather using a wet-surface weighing lysimeter system. J Hydrol 81 (1985) 193-210
24. Hall R.L., and Calder I.R. Drop size modification by forest canopies: measurements using a disdrometer. J Geophys Res 98 (1993) 18465-18470
25. Halldin S., Grip H., and Perttu K. Model for energy exchange of a pine forest canopy. In: Halldin S. (Ed). Comparison of forest water and energy exchange models (1979), International Society for Ecological Modelling, Copenhagen 59-75
26. Hashino M., Yao H., and Yoshida H. Studies and evaluations on interception processes during rainfall based on a tank model. J Hydrol 255 (2002) 1-11
27. Herwitz S.R. Interception storage capacities of tropical rainforest canopy trees. J Hydrol 77 (1986) 237-252
28. Herwitz S.R. Raindrop impact and water flow on the vegetative surfaces of trees and the effects on stemflow and throughfall generation. Earth Surf Proc Landf 12 (1987) 425-432
29. Hjerdt KN. Deconvoluting the hydrologic response of a small till catchment: spatial variability of groundwater level and quality in relation to streamflow. Ph.D. Dissertation, State University of New York, College of Environmental Science and Forestry, Syracuse; 2002. 204 p.
30. Hörmann G., Brandig A., Clemen T., Herbst M., Hinrichs A., and Thamm F. Calculation and simulation of wind controlled canopy interception of a beech forest in Northern Germany. Agric Forest Meteorol 79 (1996) 131-148
31. Hutchings N.J., Milne R., and Crowther J.M. Canopy storage capacity and its vertical distribution in a Sitka spruce canopy. J Hydrol 104 (1998) 161-171
32. Ishii H., Ford E.D., Boscolo M.E., Manriquez A.C., Wilson M.E., and Hinckley T.M. Variation in specific needle area of old-growth Douglas-fir in relation to needle age, within-crown position and epicormic shoot production. Tree Physiol 22 (2002) 31-40
33. Keim R.F., and Skaugset A.E. A linear system quantification of dynamic storage of precipitation on forest canopies. Water Resour Res 40 (2004) W05208 10.1029/2003WR002875
34. Klaassen W., Bosveld F., and de Water E. Water storage and evaporation as constituents of rainfall interception. J Hydrol 212-213 (1998) 36-50
35. Laws J.O. Measurements of the fall velocity of waterdrops and raindrops. Trans Am Geophys Un 22 (1941) 709-721
36. Laws J.O., and Parsons D.A. The relation of raindrop-size to intensity. Trans Am Geophys Un 24 (1943) 452-460
37. Link T.E., Unsworth M., and Marks D. The dynamics of rainfall interception by a seasonal temperate rainforest. Agric Forest Meteorol 124 (2004) 171-191
38. Linsley R.K., Kolher M.A., and Paulhus J.L. Applied hydrology (1949), McGraw-Hill, New York
39. Leyton L., Reynolds E.R.C., and Thompson F.B. Rainfall interception in forest and moorland. In: Sopper W.E., and Lull H.W. (Eds). Forest hydrology (1967), Pergamon, Oxford 163-178
40. Liu S. A new model for the prediction of rainfall interception in forest canopies. Ecol Model 99 (1997) 151-159
41. Liu S. Estimation of rainfall storage capacity in the canopies of cypress wetlands and slash pine uplands in north-central Florida. J Hydrol 207 (1998) 32-41
42. Llorens P., and Gallart F. A simplified method for forest water storage capacity measurement. J Hydrol 240 (2000) 131-144
43. Lundberg A. Evaporation of intercepted snow-review of existing and new measurement methods. J Hydrol 151 (1993) 267-290
44. Mason B.J., and Andrews J.B. Drop-size distributions from various types of rain. Quart J Roy Meteor Soc 86 (1960) 346-353
45. Merriam R.A. A note on the interception loss equation. J Geophys Res 65 (1960) 3850-3851
46. Massman W.J. The derivation and validation of a new model for the interception of rainfall by forests. Agric Meteorol 28 (1983) 261-286
47. Miller W.P. A solenoid-operated, variable intensity rainfall simulator. Soil Sci Soc Am J 51 (1987) 832-834
48. Mosley M.P. The effect of a New Zealand beech forest canopy on the kinetic energy of water drops and on surface erosion. Earth Surf Proc Landf 7 (1982) 103-107
49. Mulder J.P.M. Simulating interception loss using standard meteorological data. In: Hutchison B.A., and Hicks B.B. (Eds). The forest-atmosphere interaction (1985), D. Reidel, Dordrecht, The Netherlands 177-196
50. Nash J.E., and Sutcliffe J.V. River flow forecasting through conceptual models, I, A discussion of principles. J Hydrol 10 (1970) 282-290
51. Oszyczka B., and Crowther J.M. The application of gamma-ray attenuation to the determination of canopy mass and canopy water storage. J Hydrol 49 (1981) 355-368
52. Parker G.G., Harmon M.E., Lefsky M.A., Chen J.Q., Van Pelt R., Weis S.B., et al. Three-dimensional structure of an old-growth Pseudotsuga-Tsuga canopy and its implications for radiation balance, microclimate, and gas exchange. Ecosystems 7 (2004) 440-453
53. Pike L.H., Rydell R.A., and Denison W.C. A 400-year-old Douglas fir tree and its epiphytes: biomass, surface area, and their distributions. Can J Forest Res 7 (1977) 680-699
54. Pitman J.I. Rainfall interception by bracken in open habitats-relations between leaf area, canopy storage and drainage rate. J Hydrol 105 (1989) 317-334
55. Pitman J.I. Rainfall interception by bracken litter-relationship between biomass, storage and drainage rate. J Hydrol 111 (1989) 281-291
56. Pojar J., and MacKinnon A. Plants of the Pacific Northwest Coast (1984), Lone Pine, Redmond (WA, USA)
57. Rutter A.J., Kershaw K.A., Robins P.C., and Morton A.J. A predictive model of rainfall interception in forests, 1. Derivation of the model from observations in a plantation of Corsican pine. Agric Meteorol 9 (1971) 367-384
58. Singh V.P. Hydrologic systems: vol. 1. Rainfall-runoff modeling (1988), Prentice-Hall, Englewood Cliffs (NJ, USA)
59. Storck P., Lettenmaier D.P., and Bolton S.M. Measurement of snow interception and canopy effects on snow accumulation and melt in a mountainous maritime climate, Oregon, United States. Water Resour Res 38 (2002) 1223 10.1029/2002WR001281
60. Teklehaimanot Z., and Jarvis P.G. Direct measurement of evaporation of intercepted water from forest canopies. J Appl Ecol 28 (1991) 603-618
61. Thomas S.C., and Winner W.E. Leaf area index of an old-growth Douglas-fir forest estimated from direct structural measurements in the canopy. Can J Forest Res 30 (2000) 1922-1930
62. Torres R., and Alexander L.J. Intensity-duration effects on drainage: column experiments at near-zero pressure head. Water Resour Res 38 (2002) 1240 10.1029/2001WR001048
63. Trimble Jr. G.R., and Weitzman S. Effect of a hardwood canopy on rainfall intensities. Trans Am Geophys Un 35 (1954) 226-234
64. Vis M. Interception, drop size distributions and rainfall kinetic energy in four Colombian forest ecosystems. Earth Surf Proc Landf 11 (1986) 591-603
65. Whelan M.J., and Anderson J.M. Modelling spatial patterns of throughfall and interception loss in a Norway spruce (Picea abies) plantation at the plot scale. J Hydrol 186 (1996) 335-354
66. Xiao Q., McPherson E.G., Ustin S.L., and Grismer M.E. A new approach to modeling tree rainfall interception. J Geophys Res 105 (2000) 29173-29188