Canopy Interception Modeling
Canopy interception modeling quantifies the fraction of rainfall captured by plant canopies and subsequently evaporated back to the atmosphere before reaching the soil. Applied across agronomy, forestry, and hydrology, it partitions gross precipitation into throughfall, stemflow, and interception loss. By linking vegetation structure — particularly leaf area index and canopy storage capacity — to water balance components, the method informs irrigation scheduling, watershed management, and crop water-use estimation.
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- Rutter, A. J., Kershaw, K. A., Robins, P. C., & Morton, A. J. (1971). A predictive model of rainfall interception in forests. Agricultural Meteorology, 9, 367–384. · URL
- Gash, J. H. C. (1979). An analytical model of rainfall interception by forests. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, 105(443), 43–55. · DOI 10.1002/qj.49710544304
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