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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
    • Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich
    • University of Georgia
    • University of Marburg
    • Delft University of Technology
    • Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research
    • National Center for Atmospheric Research
    • Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières
    • Louisiana State University
    • University of Agriculture in Krakow
    • Centro de Ornitología y Biodiversidad
    • University of Hamburg
    • University of Nevada, Reno
    • Northeastern University
    • Georgia Southern University

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    27 Scopus citations

    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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