Rainfall interception by natural and planted forests in the Middle Mountains of Central Nepal

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 475, Issue , 2012, Pages 270-280

  Ghimire, Chandra Prasad ^a,b   Bruijnzeel, L Adrian ^b   Lubczynski, Maciek W ^a   Bonell, Mike ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Gash's analytical interception model; Interception loss; Middle mountains; Pine plantation; Reforestation

Indexed keywords

COMPLEX TOPOGRAPHIES; DRY SEASONS; EVAPORATION RATE; INTERCEPTION LOSS; MIDDLE MOUNTAINS; NATURAL FORESTS; PINE FOREST; PINE PLANTATIONS; RAINFALL INTERCEPTION; RAINY SEASONS; STEMFLOW; THROUGHFALL;

REFORESTATION;

RAIN;

CONIFEROUS TREE; DRY SEASON; EVERGREEN FOREST; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; INTERCEPTION; NUMERICAL MODEL; PLANTATION; RAINFALL; REFORESTATION; STEMFLOW; STREAMFLOW; THROUGHFALL;

HIMALAYAS; MIDDLE HILLS; NEPAL;

EID: 84870251092     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2012.09.051     Document Type: Article

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