Dr. Van Stan is an ecohydrologist at Georgia Southern University in Savannah, Georgia (USA). He enjoys collecting field observations of water and elemental fluxes in vegetated ecosystems during storms-and developing sensors to overcome observational limitations when they arise. He has worked at sites in North and Central America and Europe to improve our understanding of how precipitation partitioning affects other ecosystem processes within, above and below plant canopies.

Dr. Gutmann is a hydrologist in the Research Applications Lab at the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder, Colorado (USA). His background in hydrology, geology, and computer science found a happy marriage in remote sensing and hydrological and atmospheric modeling. A passion for the outdoors has taken him to remote corners of the world, climbing mountains in Peru, Nepal and Tanzania. Ethan also enjoys scientific outreach, having dabbled in science blogging at arstechnica and science videography with Earth Initiatives.

Dr. Friesen is an ecohydrologist at the Department of Catchment Hydrology, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ, Leipzig (Germany). His research primarily focuses on forest ecohydrology, remote sensing, and sensor development where he applies and develops new monitoring solutions to bridge the gap between site studies and remote sensing. He has extensive experience in semi-arid and data scarce countries such as Ghana, Burkina Faso, Nigeria, and Oman and his work has a strong connection to water management issues.

Presents a comprehensive critical review of research on the first process in the rainfall-to-runoff hydrological pathway

Identifies knowledge gaps in precipitation partitioning processes and impacts on the climate and terrestrial ecohydrological systems

Provides a holistic contextualization of precipitation partitioning at the global scale

Is a valuable reference tool for a wide range of geoscience and environmental specialists

Foreword.- Chapter 1. History of canopy precipitation partitioning.- Chapter 2. Measurement of canopy interception.- Chapter 3. Measurement of throughfall.- Chapter 4. Measurement of stemflow.- Chapter 5. Residence time of precipitation entrained as throughfall and stemflow.- Chapter 6. Dissolved organic matter.- Chapter 7. Dissolved inorganic solutes.- Chapter 8. Isotopic composition.- Chapter 9. Particulate matter (including microbes) .- Chapter 10. Modelling of precipitation partitioning.- Chapter 11. Modelling of canopy exchange.- Chapter 12. Differences among precipitation types (Rain, fog, snow, rime) .- Chapter 13. Differences between plant functional types.- Chapter 14. Differences with stand age and management.- Chapter 15. Global patterns in precipitation partitioning.- Chapter 16. Relevance of precipitation partitioning to the global climate system.- Chapter 17. Precipitation recycling.- Chapter 18. Arboreal epiphytes and hemiparasites.- Chapter 19. Treehole ecosystems.-Chapter 20. Soil erosion.- Chapter 21. Soil physicochemical properties.- Chapter 22. Soil microbial community structure and function.- Chapter 23. Streams.- Chapter 24. Soil and groundwater .- Chapter 25. Reflections & future directions: Research opportunities in canopy precipitation partitioning.- Index.