Forest Ecosystem Monitoring Cooperative(802) 656-0683femc@uvm.eduwww.uvm.edu/femc705 Spear StreetSouth BurlingtonVermont05403United States of AmericaNortheastern States Research Cooperative funderUnited States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Forest Service Northern Research StationleadExperimental Ice Glazing in a Northern Hardwood Forest to Understand Ecological Impacts of Ice StormsUsing 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.Experimental Ice Glazing in a Northern Hardwood Forest to Understand Ecological Impacts of Ice StormsCampbellJohnShortleWallySchabergPaulRustadLindsayclimate changeforest ecologyforest disturbanceiceFine Litter2010-12-012011-04-01Fine litter was collected with baskets that were placed in the center of each subplot in both treatment and control plots.Z1108_2500_J6FNDBVMC.1108.2500mySQLRustad and Campbel (2018) Ice Storm Fine Litter. FEMC. Available online at: https://www.uvm.edu/femc/data/archive/project/experimental-ice-glazing/dataset/ice-storm-fine-litterhttps://vmc.w3.uvm.edu/vmcdevel/CI4/data/archive/project/experimental-ice-glazing/dataset/ice-storm-fine-litterbasketbasketBasket ID Numberintg_C_m2g_C_m2Calculated carbon weightdecimal0.1realg_per_basketg_per_basketWeight in basketdecimal0.1realg_per_m2g_per_m2Weight after oven dried decimal0.1rationalplotplotPlot Numberint