Rainfall interception and spatial variability of throughfall in spruce stand

Title:

Rainfall interception and spatial variability of throughfall in spruce stand

Creator:

Dohnal, Michal, Černý, Tomáš, Votrubová, Jana, and Tesař, Miroslav

Identifier:

https://cdk.lib.cas.cz/client/handle/uuid:bca121c0-5134-47fb-aa50-e2fea1eddaa1
uuid:bca121c0-5134-47fb-aa50-e2fea1eddaa1
doi:10.2478/johh-2014-0037

Subject:

interception loss, interception capacity, free throughfall, evaporation, and hydrological balance of vegetation cover

Type:

model:article and TEXT

Format:

bez média and svazek

Description:

The interception was recognized as an important part of the catchment water balance in temperate climate. The mountainous forest ecosystem at experimental headwater catchment Liz has been subject of long-term monitoring. Unique dataset in terms of time resolution serves to determine canopy storage capacity and free throughfall. Spatial variability of throughfall was studied using one weighing and five tipping bucket rain gauges. The basic characteristics of forest affecting interception process were determined for the Norway spruce stand at the experimental area - the leaf area index was 5.66 - 6.00 m2 m-2, the basal area was 55.7 m2 ha-1, and the crown closure above individual rain gauges was between 19 and 95%. The total interception loss in both growing seasons analyzed was 34.5%. The mean value of the interception capacity determined was about 2 mm. Throughfall exhibited high variability from place to place and it was strongly affected by character of rainfall. On the other hand, spatial pattern of throughfall in average showed low variability.

Language:

Slovak

Rights:

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/
policy:public

Coverage:

277-284

Source:

Journal of hydrology and hydromechanics | 2014 Volume:62 | Number:4

Harvested from:

CDK

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