Experimental Ice Glazing in a Northern Hardwood Forest to Understand Ecological Impacts of Ice Storms: Tree Damage Assessment
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► dataset_eml_metadataproviderheader
- Forest Ecosystem Monitoring Cooperative
- Address:
705 Spear Street
South Burlington, Vermont 05403
United States of America
Phone: (802) 391-4135
Email: femc@uvm.edu
Website: www.uvm.edu/femc
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Using methods like those used to make snow at ski areas, researchers successfully created ice glaze on tree branches (remarkably similar to conditions during the Northeast’s 1998 Ice Storm) over a large northern hardwood forest area. This novel experimental tool will allow scientists to study controlled icing events of different intensity and frequency in different forest types. Researchers also held a workshop with ecosystem scientists, climatologists, physical scientists, computer modelers, social scientists, and industry experts to define the state-of- knowledge on ice storms and examine the nature and extent of these storms in the Northeast. In addition, they developed machine-learning algorithms which allow computer models to identify unique ice storm climatology in past weather systems to better predict ice storms in the future.
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- John Campbell: dataset_eml_peopleprincipleinvestigator
- Wally Shortle: dataset_eml_peoplecontentprovider
- Paul Schaberg: dataset_eml_peoplecontentprovider
- Lindsay Rustad: dataset_eml_peopleprincipleinvestigator
► Organizations
- Northeastern States Research Cooperative : funder
- United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Forest Service Northern Research Station: lead
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► dataset_eml_datatableheader
- dataset_eml_datatabletitle: Tree Damage Assessment
- dataset_eml_datatablestartdate: 2010-12-01
- dataset_eml_datatableendate: 2011-04-01
- dataset_eml_datatabledescription: A qualitative post-treatment tree damage assessment made with leaves off on treated and untreated plots.
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- dataset_eml_datatablecitation: Rustad and Campbell (2018) Tree Damage Assessment from Experimental Ice Glazing. Forest Ecosystem Monitoring Cooperative. Available online at: https://www.uvm.edu/femc/data/archive/project/experimental-ice-glazing/dataset/tree-damage-assessment
- dataset_eml_datatableonlinedistribution: https://www.uvm.edu/femc/CI4/data/archive/project/experimental-ice-glazing/dataset/tree-damage-assessment
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- dataset_eml_attributelistlabel: Damage class
- dataset_eml_attributelistdescription: Injury class value based on a visual inspection of the branches
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- dataset_eml_attributelistmeasurementtype: ordinal
- dataset_eml_attributelistenudomainCustom: Tree injury codes
- dataset_eml_attributelistcodedefinitioncode: 1
- dataset_eml_attributelistcodedefinition: No visible damage
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- dataset_eml_attributelistcodedefinition: 1% to 49%
- dataset_eml_attributelistcodedefinitioncode: 3
- dataset_eml_attributelistcodedefinition: 50% to 75%
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- dataset_eml_attributelistcodedefinition: >75%
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- dataset_eml_attributelistprecision: 0.1
- Unit: centimeter
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- dataset_eml_attributelistenudomainspecies: Tree Species
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- dataset_eml_attributelistcodedefinition: ITIS #18032, balsam fir (Abies balsamea)
- dataset_eml_attributelistcodedefinitioncode: acru
- dataset_eml_attributelistcodedefinition: ITIS #28728, red maple (Acer rubrum)
- dataset_eml_attributelistcodedefinitioncode: beal
- dataset_eml_attributelistcodedefinition: ITIS #19481, yellow birch (Betula alleghaniensis)
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- dataset_eml_attributelistcodedefinition: ITIS #183385, eastern white pine (Pinus strobus)
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- dataset_eml_attributelistcodedefinition: ITIS #19462, American beech (Fagus grandifolia)
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- dataset_eml_attributelistcodedefinition: ITIS #28754, striped maple (Acer pensylvanicum)
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- dataset_eml_attributelistcodedefinition: ITIS #19489, paper birch (Betula papyrifera)
- dataset_eml_attributelistcodedefinitioncode: tsca
- dataset_eml_attributelistcodedefinition: ITIS #183397, Canada hemlock; hemlock spruce (Tsuga canadensis)
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► dataset_eml_methodsheader
- dataset_eml_currentMethodsHeader
- Injury rating
- dataset_eml_methoddescription: All trees greater than 3.0 cm diameter at breast height were identified and assigned an injury class value based on a visual inspection of the branches.
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