Potential for significant precipitation cycling by forest-floor litter and deadwood
Marius G. Floriancic1,2* , Scott T. Allen3, Raphael Meier1, Lucas Truniger1, James W. Kirchner2,4, and Peter Molnar1
1 Dept. of Civil, Environmental and Geomatic Engineering ETH Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland
2 Dept. of Environmental Systems Science, ETH Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland
3 Dept. of Natural Resources & Environmental Science - University of Nevada, Reno
4 Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL, Birmensdorf, Switzerland
* corresponding author (floriancic@ifu.baug.ethz.ch)
Keywords: litter, deadwood, interception, evaporation, forest, water cycle, precipitation partitioning, storage