<abstract xml:lang="en" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Open area rainfall and throughfall measurements in the Western Tatra Mountains (altitude about 1500 m a.s.l.) made by tipping bucket gauges were used to estimate the usefulness of the short-time data in analysis of spruce interception. The 10-minute data from period 13 May-13 October 2009 did not reveal meaningful correlations between the open area rainfall and throughfall. Aggregated measurements representing individual rainfall events were more useful. They showed linear relationship between open area rainfall and throughfall for events with total rainfall depth in the open area exceeding 5 mm. Correlation between open area rainfall and throughfall for rainfall events with duration above 120 minutes was significantly better than for the shorter ones. Mean values of interception (percentage of open area rainfall which did not appear in throughfall) of individual rainfall events was high. When we excluded events for which throughfall was higher than the open area rainfall, mean interception for larger and longer rainfall events was 46% and 48%, respectively. For smaller (runoff depth below 5 mm) and shorter events (duration below 2 hours) the mean interception was 70% and 72%, respectively. However, the data revealed very high variability of interception.</p></abstract>

Open area rainfall and throughfall measurements in the Western Tatra Mountains (altitude about 1500 m a.s.l.) made by tipping bucket gauges were used to estimate the usefulness of the short-time data in analysis of spruce interception. The 10-minute data from period 13 May-13 October 2009 did not reveal meaningful correlations between the open area rainfall and throughfall. Aggregated measurements representing individual rainfall events were more useful. They showed linear relationship between open area rainfall and throughfall for events with total rainfall depth in the open area exceeding 5 mm. Correlation between open area rainfall and throughfall for rainfall events with duration above 120 minutes was significantly better than for the shorter ones. Mean values of interception (percentage of open area rainfall which did not appear in throughfall) of individual rainfall events was high. When we excluded events for which throughfall was higher than the open area rainfall, mean interception for larger and longer rainfall events was 46% and 48%, respectively. For smaller (runoff depth below 5 mm) and shorter events (duration below 2 hours) the mean interception was 70% and 72%, respectively. However, the data revealed very high variability of interception.

Short-time measurements of interception in mountain spruce forest

Slovak Academy of Sciences, Institute of Hydrology, Ondrašovská 16, 031 05 Liptovský Mikuláš, Slovakia

Journal of Hydrology and Hydromechanics

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Open area rainfall and throughfall measurements in the Western Tatra Mountains (altitude about 1500 m a.s.l.) made by tipping bucket gauges were used to...

Short-time measurements of interception in mountain spruce forest

Published Online: Dec 08, 2010

Page range: 213 - 220

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/v10098-010-0020-2

Keywords
intercepcia, krátkodobé údaje, horský smrekový les

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Short-time measurements of interception in mountain spruce forest

Published Online: Dec 08, 2010

Page range: 213 - 220

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/v10098-010-0020-2

Keywordsintercepcia, krátkodobé údaje, horský smrekový les

This content is open access.

Keywords
intercepcia, krátkodobé údaje, horský smrekový les