Process representation across tools

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Canopy interception and evaporation vs throughfall

Algorithm description	WRSM-Pitman (Sami GW)	SPATSIM-Pitman (Hughes GW)	ACRU (ACRU4)	SWAT (ArcSWAT2012)	MIKE-SHE, semi-distributed & fully distributed
Algorithm inputs	Rain Cover properties: max interception	Rain Cover properties: max interception	Rain PET Cover properties: max interception or LAI Canopy storage (state)	Canopy interception is not explicitly modelled when using daily timestep modelling. It is implicitly considered in the ‘initial abstraction’, see infiltration & surface runoff below	Rain PET Cover properties: LAI & canopy interception coefficient Canopy storage (state)
Function type	exponential & threshold	exponential & threshold	threshold		threshold
Thresholds	yes: timestep interception capacity (calculated)	yes: timestep interception capacity (calculated)	yes: timestep interception capacity (calculated)		yes: timestep interception capacity (calculated))