A virtual experiment on the effects of evaporation and intensity smoothing by canopy interception on subsurface stormflow generation

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 327, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 352-364

  Keim, R F ^a   Tromp van Meerveld, H J ^b   McDonnell, J J ^c  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EPFL   (Switzerland)

^c OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Canopy interception; Ecohydrology; Forest canopy; Hillslope hydrology; HYDRUS 2D; Stormflow generation; Subsurface stormflow; Throughfall

Indexed keywords

EVAPORATION; FORESTRY; RAIN; RUNOFF; WATERSHEDS;

CANOPY INTERCEPTION; ECOHYDROLOGY; FOREST CANOPY; HILLSLOPE HYDROLOGY; HYDRUS-2D; STORMFLOW GENERATION; SUBSURFACE STORMFLOW; THROUGHFALL;

STORMS;

EVAPORATION; FORESTRY; RAIN; RUNOFF; STORMS; WATERSHEDS;

CANOPY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVAPORATION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HILLSLOPE; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; INTERCEPTION; RAINFALL; SMOOTHING; STORM; SUBSURFACE FLOW; THROUGHFALL;

EVAPORATION; FORESTRY; RAIN; RUNOFF;

GEORGIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33746720923     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2005.11.024     Document Type: Article

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