Rainfall partitioning into throughfall, stemflow, and interception within a single beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) canopy: Influence of foliation, rain event characteristics, and meteorology

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 33-45

  Staelens, Jeroen ^a   De Schrijver, An ^a   Verheyen, Kris ^a   Verhoest, Niko E C ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Broadleaved deciduous tree; Canopy phenology; Evaporation; Forest hydrology; Water balance

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; FORESTRY; HARDWOODS; RAIN; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; WIND;

BROADLEAVED DECIDUOUS TREE; CANOPY PHENOLOGY; FOLIATION; RAINFALL PARTITIONING; WATER BALANCE;

HYDROLOGY;

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; FORESTRY; HARDWOODS; HYDROLOGY; RAIN; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; WIND;

CANOPY; DECIDUOUS TREE; EVAPORATION; FOLIATION; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; INTERCEPTION; METEOROLOGY; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; PARTITIONING; RAINFALL; SEASONAL VARIATION; STEMFLOW; THROUGHFALL; VAPOR PRESSURE; WATER BUDGET;

BAROMETRIC PRESSURE; CLIMATES; FAGUS SYLVATICA; FOREST CANOPY; HUMIDITY; HYDROLOGY; PHENOLOGY; RAIN; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; WIND;

FAGUS; FAGUS SYLVATICA;

EID: 38549103799     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.6610     Document Type: Article

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