An inexpensive instrument to measure the dynamic response of standing trees to wind loading

Agricultural and Forest Meteorology

Volumn 132, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 78-83

  Moore, John R ^a,d   Gardiner, Barry A ^b   Blackburn, Guy R A ^b,c   Brickman, Andrew ^a   Maguire, Douglas A ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FOREST RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^c NHS FORTH VALLEY   (United Kingdom)

^d SCION   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Dynamic oscillations; Strain gauge transducer; Wind loading

Indexed keywords

INSTRUMENTATION; OSCILLATION; TREE; WIND STRESS;

EID: 24944511461     PISSN: 01681923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agrformet.2005.07.007     Document Type: Article

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