Forest Ecosystem Monitoring Cooperative

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

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Metadata Provider

  • 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

Abstract

    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.

People

  • John Campbell: Principal Investigator

  • Wally Shortle: Content Provider

  • Paul Schaberg: Content Provider

  • Lindsay Rustad: Principal Investigator

Keywords

  • ice, ice storm,

Organizations

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

Geographic Coverage

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    Data Table

    • Title: Throughfall
    • Start Date: 2010-12-01
    • End Date: 2011-04-01
    • Description: Canopy throughfall volume was measured with buckets placed on the ground in the center of each treated subplot .

    • Purpose:

    • Condensed Title: Z1108_2496_XSYXHT

    • Object Name: VMC.1108.2496

    • Data Type: mySQL
    • Citation: 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

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

    Attribute List

      Attribute Name: bucket
      • Label: bucket
      • Description: Bucket ID Number
      • Storage Type: int
      • Measurment Type: nominal
      Attribute Name: plot
      • Label: plot
      • Description: Plot Number
      • Storage Type: int
      • Measurment Type: nominal
      Attribute Name: throughfall_
      • Label: throughfall_
      • Description: Amount of precipitation in bucket
      • Storage Type: decimal
      • Measurment Type: ratio
      • Precision: 0.01
      • Unit: centimeter
      • Number Type: real
      Attribute Name: vol__collected_
      • Label: vol__collected_
      • Description: Throughfall value confirmed in lab
      • Storage Type: decimal
      • Measurment Type: ratio
      • Precision: 0.01
      • Unit: liter
      • Number Type: real

    Methods

    • Current Methods
      • Measuring Throughfall
        • Method Description: 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.


    Sampling Equipment

    • No sampling equipment recorded for this dataset

    Site Characteristics

    • No site characteristics recorded for this dataset