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Experimental Ice Glazing in a Northern Hardwood Forest to Understand Ecological Impacts of Ice Storms: Throughfall

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  • Forest Ecosystem Monitoring Cooperative

    • Address:
      705 Spear Street
      South Burlington, Vermont 05403
      United States of America

      Phone: (802) 391-4135
      Email: femc@uvm.edu
      Website: www.uvm.edu/femc

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    Using 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.

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  • John Campbell: dataset_eml_peopleprincipleinvestigator

  • Wally Shortle: dataset_eml_peoplecontentprovider

  • Paul Schaberg: dataset_eml_peoplecontentprovider

  • Lindsay Rustad: dataset_eml_peopleprincipleinvestigator

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  • ice, ice storm,

Organizations

  • Northeastern States Research Cooperative : funder
  • United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Forest Service Northern Research Station: lead

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    • dataset_eml_datatabletitle: Throughfall
    • dataset_eml_datatablestartdate: 2010-12-01
    • dataset_eml_datatableendate: 2011-04-01
    • dataset_eml_datatabledescription: Canopy throughfall volume was measured with buckets placed on the ground in the center of each treated subplot .

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    • dateset_eml_datatableshortname: Z1108_2496_XSYXHT

    • dataset_eml_datatablephysicalobjectname: VMC.1108.2496

    • dataset_eml_datatabledatatype: mySQL
    • dataset_eml_datatablecitation: Campbell J., L. Rustad (2018) Ice Storm Throughfall. Forest Ecosystem Monitoring Cooperative. Available online at: https://www.uvm.edu/femc/data/archive/project/experimental-ice-glazing/dataset/ice-storm-throughfall

    • dataset_eml_datatableonlinedistribution: https://vmc.w3.uvm.edu/vmcdevel/CI4/data/archive/project/experimental-ice-glazing/dataset/ice-storm-throughfall

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      • dataset_eml_attributelistlabel: bucket
      • dataset_eml_attributelistdescription: Bucket ID Number
      • dataset_eml_attributeliststoragetype: int
      • dataset_eml_attributelistmeasurementtype: nominal
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      dataset_eml_attributelistname: throughfall_
      • dataset_eml_attributelistlabel: throughfall_
      • dataset_eml_attributelistdescription: Amount of precipitation in bucket
      • dataset_eml_attributeliststoragetype: decimal
      • dataset_eml_attributelistmeasurementtype: ratio
      • dataset_eml_attributelistprecision: 0.01
      • Unit: centimeter
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      dataset_eml_attributelistname: vol__collected_
      • dataset_eml_attributelistlabel: vol__collected_
      • dataset_eml_attributelistdescription: Throughfall value confirmed in lab
      • dataset_eml_attributeliststoragetype: decimal
      • dataset_eml_attributelistmeasurementtype: ratio
      • dataset_eml_attributelistprecision: 0.01
      • Unit: liter
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      • Measuring Throughfall
        • dataset_eml_methoddescription: After the experiment, tared buckets were weighed in the field to obtain throughfall volume. Additionally, the buckets were transported to the laboratory and field values were confirmed by melting the ice in the buckets and recording the volume.


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