YANG Wen-qiang, WANG Yan-ping, ZHANG Qing-feng. Canopy Interception Characteristics of Apple Trees in Gully Region of Loess Plateau[J]. Bulletin of Soiland Water Conservation, 2013, 32(2): 93-96.
YANG Wen-qiang, WANG Yan-ping, ZHANG Qing-feng. Canopy Interception Characteristics of Apple Trees in Gully Region of Loess Plateau[J]. Bulletin of Soiland Water Conservation, 2013, 32(2): 93-96.DOI:
Changwuyuan as a representative landform in the gully region of Loess Plateau was selected as thestudy area of this study.We analyzed canopy interception characteristics of apple trees and quantified canopyallocation of rainfall based on field observations during 45rainfall events.The results showed that throughfall
stemflow and canopy interception accounted for 75%~97%
0.2%~1.6%
and 2%~25%of the totalrainfall
respectively.The relationship between throughfall and total rainfall could be described roughly by aparabolic curve with upward opening and that between stemflow and total rainfall by a linear equation.Therelationship between canopy interception and total rainfall was cubic polynomial
which had the highest fitting degree with the observed values.