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THE major part of the ‘interception gain’ found by Mr. Phillips in his experiments at Deepwalls, described in NATURE of Dec. 11, p. 837, is no doubt due to the screen catching rain which would otherwise have fallen on the lee side of the gauge. This would become negligible if a large area were covered by a comparatively close network of screens, except for a narrow strip at the edge of the area, where the gain would still be appreciable. This particular experiment does not appear likely to give information about the amount of water deposited on plants when there is no rain (or practically no rain) falling to the ground.
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GOLD, E. Rainfall Interception by Plants. Nature 118, 915 (1926). https://doi.org/10.1038/118915c0
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