Fog water collection in a subtropical Elfin Laurel forest of the Garajonay National Park (Canary Islands): A combined approach using artificial fog catchers and a physically based impaction model

Journal of Hydrometeorology

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 920-935

  Ritter, A ^a   Regalado, C M ^a   Aschan, G ^b  

^a INSTITUTO CANARIO DE INVESTIGACIONES AGRARIAS   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; FOG; FOREST COVER; MODELING; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; RAINFALL; WATER BUDGET; WATER YIELD;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CANARY ISLANDS; EURASIA; EUROPE; GARAJONAY NATIONAL PARK; GOMERA; MACARONESIA; SANTA CRUZ DE TENERIFE [(PRV) CANARY ISLANDS]; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

ERICA ARBOREA;

EID: 58049109364     PISSN: 1525755X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2008JHM992.1     Document Type: Article

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