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Showing 1 to 10 of 10 for “"ice storm"”.
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Using dendrochronology to identify species-specific ice storm damage in Delaware
Ice storms are recurrent disturbances that alter forest succession and retard tree growth rates throughout North America. Following a 1994 ice storm in Delaware, the Delaware Forest Service established seventy-five study plots to sample four species of trees (southern red oak [Quercus falcate ], …
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Compression wood formation in Pinus strobus L. following ice storm damage in southwestern Virginia
… white pine (Pinus strobus L.) following a severe ice storm in 1994, 47 trees were felled in 2007 and cross-sectional samples were collected at 0.5 (±0.2) m stem height. The disks were sanded and digitally scanned, and the cross-sectional area (mm2) of compression wood within each tree-ring was …
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Species, stand, and regional response to forest damage in southwestern Quebec following the 1998 ice storm
… Michx., and Betula populifolia Marsh. to ice storm damage was studied in the Northern Hardwood Forest of southwestern Quebec, Canada. The focus of the study was the analysis of tree damage resulting from ice accumulation ranging from 2 to 88 millimeters radial thickness at the species, …
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Assessing ice storm damage to hardwood forest canopies using the Advanced Solid-State Array Spectroradiometer (ASAS) and Landsat TM imagery
<p>A major ice storm in January 1998 damaged 17 million acres of forestland in the Northeastern United States and Quebec Province. In July 1998 the airborne multiangle hyperspectral sensor, Advanced Solid-State Array Spectroradiometer (ASAS), acquired imagery for nine ice damaged target areas in …
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The City Is a Morgue
… final narrative, approaches Springfield's 2007 ice storm by placing the reader in the shoes of a young man in search of his missing sister. He finds some unlikely assistance from a local news reporter and a man with an uncanny ability for discovering dead bodies. The four stories are meant to …
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Ice storms as a disturbance factor in Appalachian oak forests
Ice (glaze) storms are frequent natural disturbances in eastern deciduous forests. Two opposing hypotheses exist in the literature regarding the effect of glaze on forest succession. In the first view, succession is said to be accelerated as pioneer species sustain greater damage than equilibrium …
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Remote detection of forest structure in the White Mountains of New Hampshire: An integration of waveform lidar and hyperspectral remote sensing data
… Imaging Spectrometer (AVIRIS). USDA Forest Service Northeastern Research Station (USFS NERS) 2001-2003 inventory data was used to define basal area, above-ground biomass, quadratic mean stem diameter and proportional species abundances within each of over 400 plots. Field plots scaled to LVIS …
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Response of Breeding Birds to Forest Disturbance in the Arkansas Ozarks: Impacts of Uneven-Aged Management, Ice Damage, and Woodland Restoration
… disturbance: (1) uneven-aged management, (2) ice damage, and (3) woodland restoration. Avian and vegetation surveys were conducted during the 2008, 2009, and 2010 breeding seasons (May-June) in the Ozark National Forest, Arkansas. Each site was surveyed for birds four times a season using …
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The effect of weather and climate change on the operation of meshed power networks
… In January 1998 Canada experienced the 'Great Ice Strom' which hit an area spanning from Eastern Ontario to Southern Quebec. 15 years later, it experienced another ice storm which left 600,000 people without power at the peak. Wind storms can also cause severe damage to power systems such as …
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SYNOPTIC PATTERNS ASSOCIATED WITH NORTHEAST AND South east ice Storms
<p>Wintertime storms that produce precipitation events such as snow, freezing rain, and ice pellets cause significant damage to utility services and disrupt travel. These synoptic systems involve deep isothermal regions where warm, moist air over-runs surface sub-freezing air. Much attention has …