A review of rainfall interception modelling

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 370, Issue 1-4, 2009, Pages 191-206

  Muzylo, A ^a   Llorens, P ^a   Valente, F ^b   Keizer, J J ^c   Domingo, F ^d,e   Gash, J H C ^f,g  

^a INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AND WATER RESEARCH   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO SUPERIOR DE AGRONOMIA   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

^d DEPARTAMENTO DE ECOLOGÍA FUNCIONAL Y EVOLUTIVA   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ALMERÍA   (Spain)

^f CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^g VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Evaporation; Interception; Modelling; Rainfall partitioning; Review

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDIES; DATA SETS; DECIDUOUS FORESTS; FIELD DATA SETS; GASH MODELS; INTERCEPTION; MODEL APPLICATIONS; MODEL INPUTS; MODELLING; RAINFALL INTERCEPTIONS; RAINFALL PARTITIONING; RAINFALL RATES; THEORETICAL BASIS;

EVAPORATION; STORMS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; VAPORS;

RAIN;

DATA SET; EVAPORATION; INTERCEPTION; NUMERICAL MODEL; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RAINFALL;

EID: 65349195603     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2009.02.058     Document Type: Review

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