THE MEASUREMENT OF WATER LOSSES FROM A FORESTED AREA USING A "NATURAL" LYSIMETER

Water losses due to transpiration and evaporation of intercepted water were measured using a "natural" lysimeter in the Hafren forest of central Wales, and were compared with estimates of potential evaporation calculated from meteorological observations. Given certain assumptions concerning the forest canopy, the lysimeter observations were used to estimate runoff from the experimental catchment of the Upper Severn, within which the lysimeter is sited; this estimate agreed well with observation. /Author/

• Corporate Authors:

  Elsevier

  Radarweg 29
  Amsterdam,   Netherlands  1043 NX
• Authors:
  • Calder, I R
• Publication Date: 1976-8

Media Info

• Features: Photos; References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 311-325
• Serial:
  • Journal of Hydrology
  • Volume: 30
  • Issue Number: 4

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Drainage basins; Estimates; Evaporation; Forests; Losses; Measurement; Meteorology; Runoff; Water
• Old TRIS Terms: Lysimeter; Transpiration
• Subject Areas: Geotechnology; Highways; Hydraulics and Hydrology;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00157744
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Oct 13 1977 12:00AM