Université de Fribourg

Relating forest damage data to the wind field from high-resolution RCM simulations: case study of Anatol striking Sweden in December 1999

Nilsson, C. ; Goyette, Stéphane ; Bärring, L.

In: Global and Planetary Change, 2007, vol. 57, no. 1-2, p. 161-176

Forestry is of major economical importance in Europe, and recent devastating windstorms have pinpointed the vulnerability of this economic sector to windstorms. Forest damage is an important economic issue at a country level and may become even of larger concern under future conditions following global warming. An underlying question is to what extent the storm damage is due to changes in the...