New technique to measure forest floor interception – an application in a beech forest in Luxembourg

In hydrological models, evaporation from interception is often disregarded, combined with transpiration, or taken as a fixed percentage of rainfall. In general interception is not considered to be a significant process in rainfall-runoff modelling. However, it appears that on average interception ca...

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Main Authors: A. M. J. Gerrits, H. H. G. Savenije, L. Hoffmann, L. Pfister
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2007-01-01
Series:Hydrology and Earth System Sciences
Online Access:http://www.hydrol-earth-syst-sci.net/11/695/2007/hess-11-695-2007.pdf