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Inter- and intra-event rainfall partitioning dynamics of two typical xerophytic shrubs in the Loess Plateau of China
Jinxia An
State Key Laboratory of Urban and Regional Ecology, Research Center
for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100085, China
College of Resources and Environment, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
Guangyao Gao
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
State Key Laboratory of Urban and Regional Ecology, Research Center
for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100085, China
College of Resources and Environment, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
National Observation and Research Station of Earth Critical Zone on
the Loess Plateau in Shaanxi, Xi'an 710061, China
Chuan Yuan
State Key Laboratory of Subtropical Silviculture, Zhejiang A&F
University, Hangzhou 311300, China
Juan Pinos
Surface Hydrology and Erosion Group, Institute of Environmental
Assessment and Water Research (IDAEA-CSIC), Barcelona 08034, Spain
Bojie Fu
State Key Laboratory of Urban and Regional Ecology, Research Center
for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100085, China
College of Resources and Environment, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
National Observation and Research Station of Earth Critical Zone on
the Loess Plateau in Shaanxi, Xi'an 710061, China
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Short summary
An in-depth investigation was conducted of all rainfall-partitioning components at inter- and intra-event scales for two xerophytic shrubs. Inter-event rainfall partitioning amount and percentage depended more on rainfall amount, and rainfall intensity and duration controlled intra-event rainfall-partitioning variables. One shrub has larger branch angle, small branch and smaller canopy area to produce stemflow more efficiently, and the other has larger biomass to intercept more rainfall.
An in-depth investigation was conducted of all rainfall-partitioning components at inter- and...