Throughfall, stemflow and interception losses of rainfall from coconut (Cocos nucifera Linn.)

Authors

  • A. SAMBASIVA RAO Centre for Water Resources Development and Management, Calicut
  • V. K. VAMADEVAN Centre for Water Resources Development and Management, Calicut

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.54302/mausam.v37i2.2357

Abstract

The throughfall, stemfiow and interception losses of rainfall from coconut (Cocos nucifera Linn.) were quantified based on 108 days of storm records in a high rainfall region at Pelicode. The coconut has a storage capacity of 0.4 mm and the observed interception losses from it were up to 10 mm per storm. The relationship, throughfall (mm) = -0.441+ 0.875 X Rainfall (mm) (r= 0.943, at 0.01 level) has accounted for 89 per cent in the through fall from storm rainfall. The stem flow was very low and its relationship with storm rainfall was; stemflow X 10-3mm =-22.154+23.629 X Log Rainfall (mm) (r= 0.683, at 0.05 level). The influence of wind direction on the lateral distribution of  throughfall below coconut canopy was also quantified.

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Published

01-04-1986

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A. S. . RAO and V. K. VAMADEVAN, “Throughfall, stemflow and interception losses of rainfall from coconut (Cocos nucifera Linn.)”, MAUSAM, vol. 37, no. 2, pp. 237–240, Apr. 1986.

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Vol. 37 No. 2 (1986): MAUSAM

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