Relating remotely sensed forest damage data to wind data: Storms Lothar (1999) and Vivian (1990) in Switzerland

Theoretical and Applied Climatology

Volumn 108, Issue 3-4, 2012, Pages 451-462

  Usbeck, Tilo ^a,b   Waldner, Peter ^a   Dobbertin, Matthias ^a   Ginzler, Christian ^a   Hoffmann, Christian ^a   Sutter, Flurin ^a   Steinmeier, Charlotte ^a   Volz, Richard ^c   Schneiter, Gustav ^a   Rebetez, Martine ^a,b  

^a SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEUCHÂTEL   (Switzerland)

^c Bundesamt fur Umweltschutz   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOREST COVER; REMOTE SENSING; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; STORM; STORM DAMAGE; SYNOPTIC METEOROLOGY; WIND DIRECTION; WIND VELOCITY;

SWITZERLAND;

EID: 84860473440     PISSN: 0177798X     EISSN: 14344483     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00704-011-0526-5     Document Type: Article

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