Spatial and temporal variability of canopy and forest floor interception in a beech forest

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 24, Issue 21, 2010, Pages 3011-3025

  Gerrits, A M J ^a   Pfister, L ^b   Savenije, H H G ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b LUXEMBOURG INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Luxembourg)

Author keywords

Beech; Canopy interception; Forest floor interception; Rutter model storage capacity; Spatial and temporal variability

Indexed keywords

BEECH; CANOPY INTERCEPTION; FOREST FLOORS; RUTTER MODEL STORAGE CAPACITY; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL VARIABILITY;

CLIMATOLOGY; EVAPORATION; FLOORS; RAIN; SEEPAGE; SOIL MECHANICS;

FORESTRY;

CANOPY ARCHITECTURE; EVAPORATION; FOREST COVER; FOREST FLOOR; INFILTRATION; INTERCEPTION; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RAINFALL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPATIAL VARIATION; STORAGE; TEMPORAL VARIATION; THROUGHFALL; VARIOGRAM;

EVAPORATION; FAGUS; FLOORS; FOREST CANOPY; FORESTRY; METEOROLOGY; RAIN; SEEPAGE; SOIL;

BELGIUM; LUXEMBOURG [BELGIUM];

FAGUS;

EID: 77954737119     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.7712     Document Type: Article

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