A rainfall interception model for inhomogeneous forest canopy

Frontiers of Forestry in China

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 50-57

  Liu, Lei ^a   Liu, Jiagang ^a  

^a BEIJING FORESTRY UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Canopy density; Inhomogeneous canopy; Rainfall interception; Theoretical model

Indexed keywords

EID: 38349185938     PISSN: 16733517     EISSN: 16733630     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11461-008-0019-6     Document Type: Article

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