Early European Observations of Precipitation Partitioning by Vegetation: A Synthesis and Evaluation of 19th Century Findings
The first contact between precipitation and the land surface is often a plant canopy. The resulting precipitation partitioning by vegetation returns water back to the atmosphere (evaporation of intercepted precipitation) and redistributes water to the subcanopy surface as a “drip”...
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Language: | English |
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MDPI AG
2019-09-01
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Online Access: | https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3263/9/10/423 |