Spatial variability of throughfall under a single tree: Experimental study of rainfall amount, raindrops, and kinetic energy

Agricultural and Forest Meteorology

Volumn 151, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1173-1182

  Nanko, Kazuki ^a   Onda, Yuichi ^b   Ito, Akane ^b   Moriwaki, Hiromu ^c  

^a FORESTRY AND FOREST PRODUCTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR EARTH SCIENCE AND DISASTER PREVENTION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Canopy structure; Erosivity; Japanese cypress; Raindrop; Spatial distribution; Throughfall

Indexed keywords

CANOPY ARCHITECTURE; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; EROSIVITY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FOREST FLOOR; KINETIC ENERGY; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; RAINDROP; SOIL EROSION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPATIAL VARIATION; THROUGHFALL;

CHAMAECYPARIS; CHAMAECYPARIS OBTUSA; CUPRESSUS;

EID: 79959595996     PISSN: 01681923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agrformet.2011.04.006     Document Type: Article

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