Water balance of tropical rainforest canopies in north Queensland, Australia

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 21, Issue 25, 2007, Pages 3473-3484

  McJannet, David ^a   Wallace, Jim ^a   Fitch, Peter ^a   Disher, Mark ^a   Reddell, Paul ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cloud interception; Interception; Stemflow; Throughfall; Transpiration; Tropical rainforest

Indexed keywords

CLOUDS; FORESTRY; RECHARGING (UNDERGROUND WATERS); RUNOFF; TRANSPIRATION;

CLOUD INTERCEPTION; RAINFOREST; WATER BALANCE;

HYDROLOGY;

CLOUDS; FORESTRY; HYDROLOGY; RECHARGING (UNDERGROUND WATERS); RUNOFF; TRANSPIRATION;

EVAPORATION; FOREST CANOPY; HYDROMETEOROLOGY; INTERCEPTION; RAINFALL; RAINFOREST; RECHARGE; RUNOFF; STEMFLOW; THROUGHFALL; TROPICAL FOREST; WATER BUDGET;

FORESTS; HYDROLOGY; RUNOFF; TRANSPIRATION;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; QUEENSLAND;

EID: 37249063618     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.6618     Document Type: Article

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