Comparison of conventionally observed interception evaporation in a 100-m2 subplot with that estimated in a 4-ha area of the same Bornean lowland tropical forest

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 329, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 329-349

  Manfroi, Odair J ^a   Kuraji, Koichiro ^a   Suzuki, Masakazu ^a   Tanaka, Nobuaki ^a   Kume, Tomonori ^a   Nakagawa, Michiko ^b   Kumagai, Tomo'omi ^c   Nakashizuka, Tohru ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR HUMANITY AND NATURE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Interception evaporation; Rainfall partition; Stemflow; Throughfall; Tropical rainforests; Water flow

Indexed keywords

EVAPORATION; FORESTRY; RAIN; VEGETATION;

INTERCEPTION EVAPORATION; RAINFALL PARTITION; STEMFLOW; TROPICAL RAINFORESTS;

FLOW OF WATER;

EVAPORATION; FLOW OF WATER; FORESTRY; RAIN; VEGETATION;

EVAPORATION; INTERCEPTION; LOWLAND ENVIRONMENT; RAINFALL; STEMFLOW; THROUGHFALL; TROPICAL FOREST;

EVAPORATION; FORESTRY; PLANTS; RAIN; WATER FLOW;

ASIA; EAST MALAYSIA; EURASIA; LAMBIR HILLS NATIONAL PARK; MALAYSIA; SARAWAK; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

EID: 33748320852     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2006.02.020     Document Type: Article

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