Articles | Volume 22, issue 7
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-22-3701-2018
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-22-3701-2018
Research article
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12 Jul 2018
Research article |  | 12 Jul 2018

The influence of long-term changes in canopy structure on rainfall interception loss: a case study in Speulderbos, the Netherlands

César Cisneros Vaca, Christiaan van der Tol, and Chandra Prasad Ghimire

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Water and energy fluxes measurement in Speulderbos C. Cisneros Vaca https://doi.org/10.17026/dans-zvq-dq4w

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The influence of long-term changes in canopy structure on rainfall interception loss was studied in a 55-year old forest. Interception loss was similar at the same site (38 %), when the forest was 29 years old. In the past, the forest was denser and had a higher storage capacity, but the evaporation rates were lower. We emphasize the importance of quantifying downward sensible heat flux and heat release from canopy biomass in tall forest in order to improve the quantification of evaporation.