Combined occurrence of wind, snow loading and soil frost with implications for risks to forestry in Finland under the current and changing climatic conditions

Silva Fennica

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 35-54

  Gregow, Hilppa ^a   Peltola, Heli ^b   Laapas, Mikko ^a   Saku, Seppo ^a   Venäläinen, Ari ^a  

^a FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

A1B scenario; Climate change; Snow loads; Soil frost; Stem breakage; Uprooting; Wind

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELS; DAMAGE DETECTION; FORESTRY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK PERCEPTION; SNOW MAKING; SOILS; STRUCTURAL DYNAMICS; TIMBER; WIND;

A1B SCENARIOS; SNOW LOADS; SOIL FROST; STEM BREAKAGE; UPROOTING;

LOADING;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; CLIMATE MODELING; DATA SET; FORESTRY; FROST; METEOROLOGY; NUMERICAL MODEL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEASONAL VARIATION; SNOW; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WIND VELOCITY;

DAMAGE; DETECTION; FORESTRY; FORESTS; FROST; RISK ASSESSMENT; SIMULATION; SNOW; SOIL;

FINLAND;

CONIFEROPHYTA;

EID: 79957539776     PISSN: 00375330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14214/sf.30     Document Type: Article

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