Stemflow production and intrastorm rainfall intensity variation: An experimental analysis using laboratory rainfall simulation

Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

Volumn 39, Issue 13, 2014, Pages 1741-1752

  Dunkerley, David ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Event profile; Rainfall intensity; Stemflow; Stemflow flux

Indexed keywords

EARTH SCIENCES; GEOMORPHOLOGY;

EVENT PROFILE; EXPERIMENTAL ANALYSIS; INTENSITY PROFILES; PLANT ARCHITECTURE; RAINFALL INTENSITY; RAINFALL SIMULATIONS; SIMULATED RAINFALL; STEMFLOW;

RAIN;

EID: 84908492260     PISSN: 01979337     EISSN: 10969837     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/esp.3555     Document Type: Article

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