Lukas VFN 🇪🇺<p>When It Rains, It Pours: Introducing Pour Points <a href="https://eos.org/editor-highlights/when-it-rains-it-pours" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">eos.org/editor-highlights/when</span><span class="invisible">-it-rains-it-pours</span></a> paper: <a href="https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2023WR035458" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.co</span><span class="invisible">m/doi/10.1029/2023WR035458</span></a></p><p>"When <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/rainfall" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rainfall</span></a> that is collected on leaves and branches eventually falls to the ground, this occurs at so called <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/PourPoints" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PourPoints</span></a> at the confluence of smaller branches and where branches change their angle. These pour points can produce drip rates that are up to 15 times larger than the rain intensity. This is an important insight to consider in hydrological modeling and <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/forest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>forest</span></a> <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/ecology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ecology</span></a>."</p>