Canopy rainfall interception and fog capture by pinus pumila regal at Mt. Tateyama in the Northern Japan Alps, Japan

Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 143-150

  Uehara, Yoshitoshi ^a   Kume, Atsushi ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONIFEROUS TREE; FOG; FOREST CANOPY; HUMIDITY; INTERCEPTION; MOUNTAIN ENVIRONMENT; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; WIND VELOCITY;

ALPS; CHUBU; HONSHU; JAPAN; MOUNT TATEYAMA; TOYAMA [CHUBU];

PINUS PUMILA;

EID: 84859033371     PISSN: 15230430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1657/1938-4246-44.1.143     Document Type: Article

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