Measurements of tree motion in the wind collated from multiple studies undertaken in the UK, Puerto Rico and Australia between 1987-2015
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.
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
Where/When
- Study area
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- Temporal extent
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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.
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.
Related
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
James, K. R., Haritos, N., & Ades, P.K. (2006). Mechanical stability of trees under dynamic loads. American Journal of Botany, 93(10), 1522–1530
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
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)
Correspondence/contact details
Other contacts
- Custodian
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NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centreinfo@eidc.ac.uk
- Publisher
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NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centreinfo@eidc.ac.uk
- Rights Holder
- Rights Holder
- Rights Holder
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Forest Research, UK
Additional metadata
- Topic categories
- Biota
- Keywords
- Agathis australis, Amyris elemifera, Araucaria cunninghamii, Bourreria succulenta, Burnley, Clocaenog, Coccoloba diversifolia, Corymbia maculata, Cupressus sempervirens, Ecology, 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, Washingtonia robusta
- INSPIRE Theme
- Atmospheric Conditions
- Funding
- Natural Environment Research Council Award: NE/S010750/1
- Spatial representation type
- Tabular (text)
- Spatial reference system
- World place names
- Last updated
- 29 July 2021 10:01