Rainfall, fog and throughfall dynamics in a subtropical ridge top cloud forest, National Park of Garajonay (La Gomera, Canary Islands, Spain)

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 411-417

  Garcia Santos G ^a,b   Bruijnzeel, L A ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Canary Islands; Fog; Screen quarter fog collector; Throughfall

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL PRECIPITATION; CANARY ISLANDS; CLOUD FOREST; DRY SEASONS; FOG INTERCEPTION; FOG WATER; FOREST CANOPIES; INDUCED LOSS; NATIONAL PARKS; SCREEN QUARTER FOG COLLECTOR; SUBTROPICAL RIDGE; SURFACE COLLECTION; THROUGHFALL; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECTS; WIND DIRECTIONS; WIND SPEED;

PARKS; RAIN;

FOG;

BRYOPHYTE; CLOUD FOREST; FOG; FOREST CANOPY; INTERCEPTION; RAINFALL; THROUGHFALL; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT; WIND DIRECTION; WIND FORCING;

CANARY ISLANDS; GARAJONAY NATIONAL PARK; GOMERA; SANTA CRUZ DE TENERIFE [(PRV) CANARY ISLANDS]; SPAIN;

BRYOPHYTA; BRYOPHYTES;

EID: 78751491650     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.7760     Document Type: Article

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