Comparison of wind speeds obtained using numerical weather prediction models and topographic exposure indices for predicting windthrow in mountainous terrain

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 254, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 193-204

  Mitchell, S J ^a   Lanquaye Opoku, N ^a   Modzelewski, H ^a   Shen, Y ^a   Stull, R ^a   Jackson, P ^b   Murphy, B ^b   Ruel, J C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Numerical weather prediction; Topographic exposure indices; Windthrow

Indexed keywords

GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; TOPOGRAPHY; WEATHER FORECASTING;

NUMERICAL WEATHER PREDICTION; TOPOGRAPHIC EXPOSURE INDICES; WIND SPEEDS;

WIND;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; GIS; MOUNTAIN; NUMERICAL MODEL; PREDICTION; SPATIAL VARIATION; TERRAIN; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT; WEATHER FORECASTING; WIND VELOCITY; WINDTHROW;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; VANCOUVER ISLAND;

EID: 37549035924     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2007.07.037     Document Type: Article

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