An approach for simulating rainfall above the tree canopy at the hillslope scale

Transactions of the ASABE

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 915-924

  Munster, Clyde L ^a,c   Taucer, Philip I ^a   Wilcox, Bradford P ^b   Porter, Shane C ^a   Richards, Chad E ^a  

^a Texas A M University   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Brush control; Hydrologic cycle; Rainfall simulator; Water budget

Indexed keywords

BRUSH CONTROL; HYDROLOGIC CYCLE; RAINFALL SIMULATOR; WATER BUDGET;

FORESTRY; HYDROLOGIC INSTRUMENTS;

RAIN;

FOREST CANOPY; HILLSLOPE; RAINDROP; RAINFALL; SIMULATION;

COST EFFECTIVENESS; HYDROLOGY; RAIN; TREE CONES;

EID: 33750579011     PISSN: 21510032     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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