Leaf surface wettability and implications for drop shedding and evaporation from forest canopies

Pure and Applied Geophysics

Volumn 169, Issue 5-6, 2012, Pages 835-845

  Konrad, W ^a   Ebner, M ^a   Traiser, C ^a   Roth Nebelsick, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b STAATLICHES MUSEUM FÜR NATURKUNDE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Canopy; Contact angle; Contact angle hysteresis; Hydrology; Interception; Wettability

Indexed keywords

CANOPY; CONTACT ANGLE HYSTERESIS; FOREST CANOPIES; LEADING EDGE; LEAF SURFACES; RETENTION CAPACITY; STATIC CONTACT ANGLE; TRAILING EDGES; WATER SHEDDING;

ADHESION; DROPS; ELECTRIC CONTACTS; EVAPORATION; FORESTRY; HYDROLOGY; HYSTERESIS; PHASE TRANSITIONS; SATELLITE INTERCEPTION; WETTING;

CONTACT ANGLE;

ADHESION; DROPLET; EVAPORATION; FOREST CANOPY; HYSTERESIS; INTERCEPTION; LEAF; WATER RETENTION; WETTABILITY;

ADHESION; CONTACT ANGLE; DROPS; EVAPORATION; FOREST CANOPY; HYDROLOGY; PHASE TRANSITION; SATELLITES; WETTABILITY;

EID: 84861108514     PISSN: 00334553     EISSN: 14209136     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00024-011-0330-2     Document Type: Article

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