Measuring branch deflection of spruce branches caused by intercepted snow load

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 13, Issue 14-15, 1999, Pages 2357-2369

  Bründl, Michael ^a   Bartelt, Perry ^b   Schneebeli, Martin ^a   Flühler, Hannes ^c  

^a WSL INSTITUTE FOR SNOW AND AVALANCHE RESEARCH SLF   (Switzerland)

^b SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

^c ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Finite element modelling; Image analysis; Snow interception; Spruce branch bending; Video recording; Young's modulus

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; ELASTIC MODULI; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FORESTRY; HYDROLOGY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NONDESTRUCTIVE EXAMINATION; TEMPERATURE; VIDEO RECORDING; WATER SUPPLY;

HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE; SNOW INTERCEPTION; SPRUCE BRANCH BENDING;

SNOWFALL MEASUREMENT;

INTERCEPTION; MEASUREMENT METHOD; SNOW ACCUMULATION; TREE;

EID: 0342680017     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1085(199910)13:14/15<2357::AID-HYP851>3.0.CO;2-O     Document Type: Article

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