22th to 24th October 2008
What was the event?
Some of the delegates around a tree that was winched over during the workshop
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This international workshop contributed to IUFRO unit 8.01.11 “Impact of wind on forests”. It was an opportunity to examine and discuss current methods for tree biomechanics measurement and modelling of forest wind risk.
Tree pulling, tree swaying (for dynamics measurements) and wind load monitoring were demonstrated and discussed in the field. There were lab-based sessions on analysis of the data that is gathered and how to parameterise wind risk and tree mechanics models.
Presentations
- WINDFIRM: A spatial, mechanistic windthrow risk model (PDF-1410K)
Ken Byrne (University of British Columbia, Canada) - Towards a generic method for the numerical analysis of tree biomechanics (PDF-1347K)
Thierry Fourcaud (CIRAD, France) - The future of ForestGALES (PDF-1643K)
Barry Gardiner and Sophie Hale (Forest Research) - Tree pulling experiments in Japan (PDF-1216K)
Kana Kamimura, Satoshi Saito (Forestry and Forest Product Research Institute (FFPRI), Japan) and Kenji Kitagawa( Shizuoka University, Japan) - Regional Windthrow Modelling – Pacific Northwest (PDF-5552K)
Dr. Steve Mitchell (University of British Columbia, Canada) - Risk assesment of wind and snow induced damage related to forest management under climate change (mechanistic approach) (PDF-1040K)
Heli Peltola, Veli-Pekka Ikonen, Hannu Väisänen, Harri Strandman, Antti Kilpeläinen, Timo Pukkala and Seppo Kellomäki, (University of Joensuu, Faculty of Forest Sciences, Finland) - Wind-induced movement of Scots pine trees (PDF-2259K)
Dirk Schindler,Hannes Fugmann,Jochen Schönborn, Helmut Mayer (Meteorological Institute, University of Freiburg, Germany)
Who was the event suitable for?
- Tree biomechanics researchers
- Forest wind-risk modellers
Where did the event take place?
Forest Research
Northern Research Station
Roslin
Midlothian
Scotland
EH25 9SY
Contact
For further information please contact:
Barry Gardiner
barry.gardiner@forestry.gsi.gov.uk
Tel. +44 (0)131 445 6950
Bruce Nicoll
Bruce.nicoll@forestry.gsi.gov.uk
Tel. +44 (0)131 445 6940
Evelyn Hall
Evelyn.hall@forestry.gsi.gov.uk
Tel. +44 (0)131 445 6916
Forest Research
Northern Research Station
Roslin
Midlothian
Scotland
UK
EH25 9SY
Tel +44 (0)131 445 2176
Fax +44 (0)131 445 5124
