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Reference Category Book chapters
DOI 10.1007/978-3-030-29702-2_1
Title (Primary) Precipitation partitioning, or to the surface and back again: Historical overview of the first process in the terrestrial hydrologic pathway
Title (Secondary) Precipitation partitioning by vegetation - A global synthesis
Author Van Stan II, J.T.; Friesen, J.
Publisher Van Stan II, J.T.; Gutmann, E.; Friesen, J.
Year 2020
Department CATHYD
Page From 1
Page To 15
Language englisch
Keywords Throughfall; Stemflow; Rainfall; Snow; Ice; Fog; History
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Abstract This chapter presents a history of the interdisciplinary field focused on improving our understanding of the first step in the terrestrial hydrologic cycle: precipitation partitioning by vegetation. We describe the origins of interest, rooted in observations from “The Father of Botany,” Theophrastus (350 BCE) and synthesize the early formal hydrologic and biogeochemical research (~1800–1917) that provided the foundation for modern precipitation partitioning investigation. To examine the field’s publication and citation trends over the past century (1918–2017), a meta-analysis of precipitation partitioning research sampled from the Thompson Reuter’s Web of Science is presented and discussed. Finally, a summary of research published on this topic through September 2018 (when this chapter was written) is used to discuss broad future directions as well as to introduce the overall structure of this book.
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Van Stan II, J.T., Friesen, J. (2020):
Precipitation partitioning, or to the surface and back again: Historical overview of the first process in the terrestrial hydrologic pathway
In: Van Stan II, J.T., Gutmann, E., Friesen, J. (eds.)
Precipitation partitioning by vegetation - A global synthesis
Springer International Publishing, Cham, p. 1 - 15 10.1007/978-3-030-29702-2_1