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Showing 1 to 20 of 23 for “"storm damage"”.
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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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Ecological Impact of Glaze Storm Damage in an Appalachian Oak Forest
Glaze damage to canopy trees, gap size and seedling regeneration was surveyed relating to site topographic features after a major glaze storm at Fishburn Forest in the central Appalachian mountain region. The survey sites were stratified according to aspect and landform, and sample plots were …
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Predictive storm damage modeling and optimizing crew response to improve storm response operations
Utility infrastructures are constantly damaged by naturally occurring weather. Such damage results in customer service interruption and repairs are necessary to return the system to normal operation. In most cases these events are few and far between but major storm events (i.e. Hurricane Sandy) …
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Compression wood formation in Pinus strobus L. following ice storm damage in southwestern Virginia
… 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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Assessing levels of reliability for design criteria for hurricane and storm damage risk reduction structures
… and required factors of safety for hurricane and storm damage risk reduction system (HSDRRS) structures to incorporate lessons-learned from the system performance during Katrina and results of state-of-the-art research in storm surge modeling and foundation behavior. However, the criteria (USACE …
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Storm watch : survey and analysis of shoreline storm damage and its implications for construction and architectural design.
Thesis. 1978. M.Arch--Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Architecture.
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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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Coastal communities and climate change : a dynamic model of risk perception, storms, and adaptation
… including sea-level rise and changes in tropical storm frequency and intensity, will pose signicant challenges to city planners and coastal zone managers trying to make wise investment and protection decisions. Meanwhile, policymakers are working to mitigate impacts by regulating greenhouse gas …
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Longitudinal predictors of school problems in youth affected by Hurricane Katrina
… significant disruption to their lives due to the storm damage and, for many, long-term evacuation. One domain of functioning that faced significant threat because of this disruption was student engagement. The purpose of this study was to examine predictors of student engagement, as measured by …
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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, stand, …
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The effects of intermediate-scale wind disturbance on forest composition, structure, and succession with implications for management
… layer Shannon diversity among the control (no storm damage), moderately, or severely disturbed plots. We found significant differences (P < 0.01) in percent of intercepted PAR between the control and severe classes and between moderate and severe classes. This disturbance acted primarily as a …
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Rebuilding Coastal Mississippi Following Hurricane Katrina: A Spatial and Temporal Analysis
… of recovery. This study also demonstrates how damage caused by the storm is affecting the distribution of rebuilding in space and time, and the influence of federal aid on recovery through FEMA grants and SBA disaster loans.</p> <p>This in-depth analysis of the building permit data uses several …
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Keeping New Orleans Afloat: What can be done to ensure another hurricane the size of Katrina will not destroy the entire city?
… August 29, 2005, Hurricane Katrina, a Category 3 storm, struck New Orleans. The location of New Orleans makes the city extremely vulnerable to massive storm surges during hurricane season, and the entire city was relying on flood management for their safety. They had a Hurricane and Storm Damage …
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Role of city texture in identifying drag coefficients of buildings to prevent hurricane damage
Hurricane damage is one of the costliest and most frequent of natural disasters. In total, the cumulative cost of all 16 hurricanes in the US in 2017 was in excess of $300 billion and by 2075 the average annual damage cost in the US is expected to rise by nearly 40%. In order to mitigate disaster …
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Ancient stonewall fish traps on the south coast of South Africa : documentation, current use, ecological effects and management implications
… are prone to decimation by wave action and storm damage and so require maintenance to retain their characteristic form and associated cultural information. Tensions have, however, arisen between those who maintain and fish the vywers, and fisheries managers. Data from a questionnaire survey …
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Coastal Storm Activity along the Eastern North Island of New Zealand - East Cape to Wellington
Coastal storm activity for the eastern North Island, between East Cape and Wellington, has been quantified from a meteorological perspective through the use of cyclone tracks and extreme winds and from an oceanographic perspective by using hindcast wave information. It has culminated in the …
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Effects of Hurricane Disturbance on the Stopover Ecology of Intercontinental Landbird Migrants in Coastal Louisiana
… For this thesis I assess the impact of these storms on spring migrants at two levels: (1) abundance of birds with similar foraging strategies (i.e. foraging guilds) and (2) stopover biology, including fuel deposition rates, of individual migrants. To do so I utilize long-term data collected on …
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Effects of Grazing by Feral Horses on Dune and Salt Marsh Vegetation at Cumberland Island, Georgia
… salt marsh ecosystems are important for reducing storm damage as well as providing habitat for both terrestrial and aquatic organisms.</p>
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Near-surface tornado wind field estimation using damage patterns
… of the wind speed estimation from structural damage. As a result, a method of estimating the near-surface wind field of a tornado using tree damage, known as tree-fall analysis, is often used as an independent wind speed estimation method. Tree-fall analysis is exceptionally useful in forested …
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Ökonomische Bedeutung und Management von Naturrisiken im Wald : theoretische Grundlagen und empirische Analysen nach dem Sturm Lothar in der Schweiz
In den 1990er Jahren haben schwere Stürme in West- und Mitteleuropa deren hohes Schadpotential verdeutlicht. In dieser Arbeit wurden die ökonomischen Auswirkungen von Sturmschäden, die Sturmbewältigung und das Risikomanagement mit einem Fokus auf Versicherungslösungen in fünf Studien am Beispiel …
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