Precipitation interception in Australian tropical rainforests: II. Altitudinal gradients of cloud interception, stemflow, throughfall and interception

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 21, Issue 13, 2007, Pages 1703-1718

  McJannet, David ^a   Wallace, Jim ^a   Reddell, Paul ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cloud interception; Interception; Stemflow; Throughfall; Tropical rainforest

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLOUDS; FORESTRY; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); RAIN;

CLOUD INTERCEPTION; STEMFLOW; TROPICAL RAINFOREST;

HYDROLOGY;

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLOUDS; FORESTRY; HYDROLOGY; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); RAIN;

CLOUD DROPLET; INTERCEPTION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RAINFALL; RAINFOREST; STEMFLOW; THROUGHFALL; TROPICAL FOREST;

CLIMATES; FORESTS; HYDROLOGY; PRECIPITATION; RAIN;

EID: 34447097737     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.6346     Document Type: Article

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