Catastrophic wind damage to North American forests and the potential impact of climate change

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 262, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 287-311

  Peterson, Chris J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Blowdown; Downburst; Forest; Supercell; Thunderstorm; Tornado; Treefall; Wind disturbance

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; HURRICANE; STORM DAMAGE;

ARTICLE; CLIMATE; DISASTER; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; FOREST; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREE; UNITED STATES; WIND;

CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; FORESTRY; NATURAL DISASTERS; RESEARCH; TREES; UNITED STATES;

NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 0034670135     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0048-9697(00)00529-5     Document Type: Article

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