How might Australian rainforest cloud interception respond to climate change?

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 481, Issue , 2013, Pages 85-95

  Wallace, Jim ^a,b   McJannet, Dave ^b  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Canopy wetness; Climate change; Cloud interception; Rainforest

Indexed keywords

CANOPY CONDITIONS; CANOPY STRUCTURE; CANOPY WETNESS; CLOUD WATER; CONIFEROUS FORESTS; DRY SEASONS; MAJOR FACTORS; POTENTIAL EFFECTS; QUEENSLAND; RAINFOREST; WETNESS DURATION;

HYDROLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLOUD; CONIFEROUS FOREST; DRY SEASON; EPIPHYTE; INTERCEPTION; MEASUREMENT METHOD; MOSS; RAINFALL; RAINFOREST;

AUSTRALIA; QUEENSLAND;

BRYOPHYTA;

EID: 84873081010     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2012.12.028     Document Type: Article

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