GIS-based estimation of the winter storm damage probability in forests: A case study from Baden-Wuerttemberg (Southwest Germany)

International Journal of Biometeorology

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 57-69

  Schindler, Dirk ^a   Grebhan, Karin ^a   Albrecht, Axel ^b   Schönborn, Jochen ^a   Kohnle, Ulrich ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b Forest Research Institute of Baden Wuerttemberg   (Germany)

Author keywords

Annual booking records; Storm damage; Weights of evidence methodology; Winter storm 'Lothar'; Winter storm 'Wiebke'

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; GERMANY; SEASON; THEORETICAL MODEL; TREE; WEATHER; WIND;

GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; GERMANY; MAPS AS TOPIC; MODELS, THEORETICAL; SEASONS; TREES; WEATHER; WIND;

EID: 84155183296     PISSN: 00207128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00484-010-0397-y     Document Type: Article

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