Articles | Volume 24, issue 9
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-24-4675-2020
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-24-4675-2020
Research article
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28 Sep 2020
Research article |  | 28 Sep 2020

Throughfall isotopic composition in relation to drop size at the intra-event scale in a Mediterranean Scots pine stand

Juan Pinos, Jérôme Latron, Kazuki Nanko, Delphis F. Levia, and Pilar Llorens

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Throughfall isotopic composition and drop size distributions in a Mediterranean Scots pine stand J. Pinos, J. Latron, K. Nanko, D. F. Levia, and P. Llorens http://hdl.handle.net/10261/218057

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Water that drips or splashes from a canopy or passes through it is termed throughfall. This is the first known study to examine interrelationships between throughfall isotopic fractionation and throughfall drop size. Working in a mountainous Scots pine forest, we found that throughfall splash droplets were more prevalent at the onset of rain when vapour pressure deficits were larger. This finding has important implications for water mixing in the canopy and for theories of canopy interception.