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&#8221...

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Main Authors: Jan Friesen, John T. Van Stan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2019-09-01
Series:Geosciences
Subjects:
fog
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3263/9/10/423