Modelling interception loss from evergreen oak Mediterranean savannas: Application of a tree-based modelling approach

Agricultural and Forest Meteorology

Volumn 149, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 680-688

  Pereira, F L ^a,e   Gash, J H C ^b,c   David, J S ^d,e   David, T S ^e,f   Monteiro, P R ^d   Valente, F ^d,e  

^a INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO DE CASTELO BRANCO   (Portugal)

^b CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^c VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d INSTITUTO SUPERIOR DE AGRONOMIA   (Portugal)

^e Universidade de Lisboa   (Portugal)

^f Instituto Nacional de Recursos Biologicos   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Gash analytical model; Isolated trees; Quercus ilex; Rainfall interception; Savannas; Wet bulb temperature

Indexed keywords

CANOPY ARCHITECTURE; EVAPORATION; EVERGREEN TREE; FOREST COVER; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; INTERCEPTION; ISOLATED POPULATION; RAINFALL; SAVANNA; WATER VAPOR; WOODLAND;

ILEX; QUERCUS ILEX;

EID: 59449088565     PISSN: 01681923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agrformet.2008.10.014     Document Type: Article

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