A comparison of three canopy interception models for a leafless mixed deciduous forest stand in the eastern United States

Journal of Hydrometeorology

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 825-836

  Klingaman, Nicholas P ^a,b   Levia, Delphis F ^a   Frost, Ethan E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANOPY ARCHITECTURE; DECIDUOUS FOREST; INTERCEPTION; LEAF AREA INDEX; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; VEGETATION COVER; WIND VELOCITY;

MARYLAND; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34848900464     PISSN: 1525755X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JHM564.1     Document Type: Article

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