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MICROMETEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS IN AN AFFORESTED AREA IN ABERDEENSHIRE: RAINFALL CHARACTERISTICS
Author(s) -
ARANDA J. MARTIN,
COUTTS J. R. H.
Publication year - 1963
Publication title -
journal of soil science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.244
H-Index - 111
eISSN - 1365-2389
pISSN - 0022-4588
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2389.1963.tb00937.x
Subject(s) - environmental science , hydrology (agriculture) , penetration (warfare) , intensity (physics) , forestry , atmospheric sciences , geography , geology , geotechnical engineering , mathematics , physics , operations research , quantum mechanics
Summary Rainfall was measured at an open site and under spruce, pine, and heather. Between 50 and 60 per cent. of the rain penetrated each of the canopies. Variations in the percentage penetration are associated with the area of foliage to be wetted and with the aggregate amount and the intensity of the rainfall.