A monthly interception equation based on the statistical characteristics of daily rainfall

Water Resources Research

Volumn 42, Issue 12, 2006, Pages

  De Groen, Marieke M ^a   Savenije, Hubert H G ^b  

^a ARCADIS   (Netherlands)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EVAPORATION; MARKOV PROCESSES; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; SOILS; STATISTICAL METHODS; VEGETATION;

ANALYTICAL EQUATIONS; STATISTICAL CHARACTERISTICS; THRESHOLD MODEL;

RAIN;

EVAPORATION; MARKOV PROCESSES; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; RAIN; SOILS; STATISTICAL METHODS; VEGETATION;

EVAPORATION; INTERCEPTION; NUMERICAL MODEL; PROBABILITY; RAINFALL; STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTION; UNDERSTORY;

EID: 33846585103     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006WR005013     Document Type: Article

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