Effect of temperature on acoustic evaluation of standing trees and logs: PART 2: Field investigation

Wood and Fiber Science

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 15-25

  Gao, Shan ^a   Wang, Xiping ^b   Wang, Lihai ^a   Allison, R Bruce ^c  

^a NORTHEAST FORESTRY UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b FOREST PRODUCTS LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Acoustic velocity; Ambient temperature; Logs; Standing trees; Wood temperature

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC EVALUATION; ACOUSTIC MEASUREMENTS; AMBIENT TEMPERATURE CHANGE; EFFECT OF TEMPERATURE; FIELD ACOUSTICS; FIELD INVESTIGATION; FIELD TESTING; FREEZING POINT; FREEZING TEMPERATURES; LOGS; PINE LOGS; PINE TREES; PINUS RESINOSA; SEASONAL TEMPERATURE CHANGES; STANDING TREE; TEMPERATURE ADJUSTMENT; TEMPERATURE DIFFERENCES;

ACOUSTIC WAVE VELOCITY; ACOUSTIC WAVE VELOCITY MEASUREMENT; CLIMATE MODELS; FORESTRY; FREEZING; TEMPERATURE;

THERMAL LOGGING;

CLIMATES; FORESTRY; FREEZING; MODELS; TEMPERATURE; WOOD;

PINUS RESINOSA;

EID: 84872853862     PISSN: 07356161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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