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Key questions on the evaporation and transport of intercepted precipitation

  • Scott T. Allen
  • , Doug P. Aubrey
  • , Maaike Y. Bader
  • , Miriam Coenders-Gerrits
  • , Jan Friesen
  • , Ethan D. Gutmann
  • , François Guillemette
  • , César Jiménez-Rodríguez
  • , Richard F. Keim
  • , Anna Klamerus-Iwan
  • , Glenda Mendieta-Leiva
  • , Philipp Porada
  • , Robert G. Qualls
  • , Bart Schilperoort
  • , Aron Stubbins
  • , John T. Van Stan

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Abstract

The interception of precipitation by vegetation has important consequences for climate and water resources. Although canopy interception has been studied for centuries, many fundamental unknowns remain. We present persistent questions that reflect challenges in measuring, representing, and understanding how terrestrial ecosystems intercept, partition, and transport precipitation—down to soils or back to the atmosphere. In summary of this book, we outline future needs and simultaneously provide a primer for those interested in precipitation interception processes.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationPrecipitation Partitioning by Vegetation
Subtitle of host publicationA Global Synthesis
PublisherSpringer International Publishing
Pages268-279
Number of pages12
ISBN (Electronic)9783030297022
ISBN (Print)9783030297015
DOIs
StatePublished - Jan 1 2020

Keywords

  • Evaporation
  • Hydrology
  • Interception
  • Precipitation
  • Stemflow
  • Throughfall
  • Vegetation

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