Jackson, T.; Wellpott, A.; Van Bloem, S.; Achim, A.; James, K. ; Gardiner, B.

Measurements of tree motion in the wind collated from multiple studies undertaken in the UK, Puerto Rico and Australia between 1987-2015

https://doi.org/10.5285/fecff8c2-983e-4883-a0f8-ac65deba02cf Cite this dataset

This dataset contains high resolution measurements of tree motion in response to wind at six sites. The data was collected using sensors mounted directly onto the tree trunk.

The sites are: Rivox, Kershope, Kyloe and Clocaenog in the UK. Guanica in Puerto Rico and six open-grown trees from Australia.

Publication date: 2021-07-28

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Spatial information

Study area
Spatial representation type: Tabular (text)
Spatial reference system: World place names

Temporal information

Temporal extent: 1987-01-01 to 2015-12-31

Provenance & quality

The data in Rivox were collected using displacement sensors, all other sites used strain gauges. In the four UK sites, wind data were collected at 10 Hz using a 3D sonic anemometer on a tower at canopy height. Wind data for the trees in Australia were collected using a cup anemometer. No wind data was collected in Guanica.

No pre-processing, filtering or quality control has been conducted on these data. They have only been downloaded from the data loggers and merged into continuous time-series.

The data were used to estimate wind damage risk and no additional processing was needed.

Supplemental information

Jackson, T.D., Sethi, S., Dellwik, E., Angelou, N., Bunce, A., van Emmerik, T., Duperat, M., Ruel, J.-C., Wellpott, A., Van Bloem, S., Achim, A., Kane, B., Ciruzzi, D.M., Loheide II, S.P., James, K., Burcham, D., Moore, J., Schindler, D., Kolbe, S., … Gardiner, B. (2021). The motion of trees in the wind: a data synthesis. Biogeosciences, 18(13), 4059–4072

https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-18-4059-2021

James, K. R., Haritos, N., & Ades, P.K. (2006). Mechanical stability of trees under dynamic loads. American Journal of Botany, 93(10), 1522–1530

https://doi.org/10.3732/ajb.93.10.1522

Gardiner, B.A., Stacey, G.R., Belcher, R. E., & Wood, C.J. (1997). Field and wind tunnel assessments of the implications of respacing and thinning for tree stability. Forestry, 70(3), 233–252

https://doi.org/10.1093/forestry/70.3.233

Hale, S.E., Gardiner, B.A., Wellpott, A. et al. Wind loading of trees: influence of tree size and competition. Eur J Forest Res 131, 203–217 (2012)

https://doi.org/10.1007/s10342-010-0448-2

Correspondence/contact details

Dr. Toby Jackson

University of Cambridge

tobydjackson@gmail.com

Authors

Jackson, T.

University of Cambridge

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8143-6161

Wellpott, A.

Bavarian State Institute of Forestry

Van Bloem, S.

Baruch Institute of Coastal Ecology and Forest Science

Achim, A.

Centre de recherche sur les matériaux renouvelables

James, K.

University of Melbourne

Gardiner, B.

Institut Européen de la Forêt Cultivée

Other contacts

Rights holders: University of Melbourne, Baruch Institute of Coastal Ecology and Forest Science, Forest Research
Custodian: NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre
info@eidc.ac.uk
Publisher: NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre
info@eidc.ac.uk

Additional metadata

Topic categories: biota
INSPIRE theme: Atmospheric Conditions
Keywords: Agathis australis , Amyris elemifera , Araucaria cunninghamii , Bourreria succulenta , Burnley , Clocaenog , Coccoloba diversifolia , Corymbia maculata , Cupressus sempervirens , Eucalyptus regnans , Eucalyptus tereticornis , Exostema caribaeum , Guanica , Gymnanthes lucida , Jumbay , Kauri , Kershope , Kyloe , Larch , Larix , Leucaena leucocephala , Mediterranean cypress , Mexican fan palm , Monash University , Mount Dandenong , Picea sitchensis , Rivox , Sale , tree , Washingtonia robusta , wind
Funding: Natural Environment Research Council Award: NE/S010750/1
Last updated: 12 March 2024 11:29