A GIS-based decision support system for risk assessment of wind damage in forest management

Environmental Modelling and Software

Volumn 22, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1240-1249

  Zeng, Hongcheng ^a   Talkkari, Ari ^a   Peltola, Heli ^a   Kellomäki, Seppo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

Decision support system; Forests; GIS; Model integration; Risk assessment; Wind damage

Indexed keywords

FORESTRY; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; RISK ASSESSMENT; WIND EFFECTS;

FOREST GROWTH DYNAMICS; MODEL INTEGRATION; WIND DAMAGE;

DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS;

CONIFEROUS TREE; DAMAGE; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; FOREST MANAGEMENT; GIS; GROWTH MODELING; RISK ASSESSMENT; WIND;

FOREST MANAGEMENT; PINUS; RISK ASSESSMENT; WIND;

BETULA; PICEA ABIES; PINUS SYLVESTRIS;

EID: 34147117751     PISSN: 13648152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsoft.2006.07.002     Document Type: Article

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