[HTML][HTML] A European perspective on wind and storm damage–from the meteorological background to index-based approaches to assess impacts

D Gliksman, P Averbeck, N Becker… - … Hazards and Earth …, 2023 - nhess.copernicus.org
Wind and windstorms cause severe damage to natural and human-made environments.
Thus, wind-related risk assessment is vital for the preparation and mitigation of calamities …

[HTML][HTML] Wind-tree interaction: technologies, measurement systems for tree motion studies and future trends

F Zanotto, L Marchi, S Grigolato - Biosystems Engineering, 2024 - Elsevier
This review deals with the current research on wind-tree interaction, focusing on methods
and technologies applied on tree monitoring. 101 studies were included and classified …

Tree dynamic response and survival in a category-5 tropical cyclone: The case of super typhoon Trami

K Kamimura, K Nanko, A Matsumoto, S Ueno… - Science …, 2022 - science.org
In the future with climate change, we expect more forest and tree damage due to the
increasing strength and changing trajectories of tropical cyclones (TCs). However, to date …

Assessment of effective wind loads on individual plantation-grown forest trees

S Kolbe, F Rentschler, J Frey, T Seifert, B Gardiner… - Forests, 2022 - mdpi.com
Quantifying wind loads acting on forest trees remains a major challenge of wind-tree-
interaction research. Under wind loading, trees respond with a complex motion pattern to the …

Wind-induced torsional vibration in a ponderosa pine tree

S Kolbe, M Pfenning, D Schindler - Forest Ecology and Management, 2024 - Elsevier
The overall response of above-ground tree parts to wind loading consists of torsional and
bending vibrations. While bending vibrations have been frequently measured in previous …

Potential hazard characteristics of trees with hollows, cavities and fruiting bodies growing along pedestrian routes

M Suchocka, M Wojnowska-Heciak, P Jankowski… - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
This article is a study of risk assessment of trees with hollows, cavities and fruiting bodies for
the improvement of the management and protection of urban trees growing along pedestrian …

[HTML][HTML] Enhancing TreeMMoSys with a high-precision strain gauge to measure the wind-induced response of trees down to the ground

J Nickl, S Kolbe, D Schindler - HardwareX, 2022 - Elsevier
Measuring tree response to wind loads is fundamental for the process-based analysis of
wind-tree interactions. Comprehensive knowledge of wind-tree interactions enables the …

[HTML][HTML] Mode coupling and signal energy distribution in an open-grown European beech tree

S Kolbe, F Kammel, A Schmitt, A Reiterer… - Forest Ecology and …, 2024 - Elsevier
The wind-induced response of the branches, the stem, and the roots of an open-grown
European beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) was investigated to determine how the airflow's kinetic …

On the potential of using air pressure fluctuations to estimate wind-induced tree motion in a planted Scots Pine forest

S Kolbe, M Mohr, M Maier, L Osterholt, B Gardiner… - Forests, 2022 - mdpi.com
This paper reports statistical relationships between measured airflow, air pressure
fluctuations, and the wind-induced motion of planted Scots pine trees (Pinus sylvestris L.) …

The tracking and frequency measurement of the sway of leafless deciduous trees by adaptive tracking window based on MOSSE

A Wang, X Yang, D Xin - Forests, 2022 - mdpi.com
The tree sway frequency is an important part of the dynamic properties of trees. In order to
obtain trees sway frequency in wind, a method of tracking and measuring the sway …