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

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

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-22-3701-2018

Articles | Volume 22, issue 7

https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-22-3701-2018

© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-22-3701-2018

© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 22, issue 7

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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RC1: 'Review for hess-2018-54', Anonymous Referee #1, 02 Apr 2018
- AC1: 'Reply to Referee #1', César Cisneros Vaca, 31 May 2018
RC2: 'Review of HESS-2018-54', Anonymous Referee #2, 22 Apr 2018
- AC2: 'Reply to Referee \#2', César Cisneros Vaca, 31 May 2018
EC1: 'Author's reply to Reviewers' comments', Nadia Ursino, 12 Jun 2018

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ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (further review by editor) (13 Jun 2018) by Nadia Ursino

AR by César Cisneros Vaca on behalf of the Authors (20 Jun 2018) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (22 Jun 2018) by Nadia Ursino

AR by César Cisneros Vaca on behalf of the Authors (27 Jun 2018)

Short summary

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.