Extreme wind speed in France: the ’99 storms and their consequences

Sacre, Christian

doi:10.1016/s0167-6105(02)00229-5

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“…Windthrow damage, although not always specified separately by insurance companies, is one of the major consequences of storm events (Kristensen et al 2000, Mayer & Schindler 2002, Sacre 2002, Braun et al 2003. On a European scale windstorm is responsible for 53% of the total damage to forests (Schelhaas et al 2003).…”

Section: Windstorm Damagementioning

confidence: 99%

Assessment of the impacts of climate change and weather extremes on boreal forests in northern Europe, focusing on Norway spruce

Schlyter¹,

Stjernquist²,

Bärring³

et al. 2006

Clim. Res.

159

117

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The boreal and boreo-nemoral forests in Europe, which occur in northern and northeastern Europe, are dominated by 2 coniferous species, Norway spruce Picea abies (L.) Karst. being economically the most important one. Forestry is of major economic importance in this region. Forestry planning and climate change scenarios are based on similar (long-term) timescales, i.e. between 70 and 120 yr. Within the EU project 'Modelling the Impact of Climate Extremes' (MICE), we have used 'present day ' runs (1961-1990) and future scenarios (2070-2100, emission scenarios A2 and B2 from the Special Report on Emissions Scenarios [SRES]) of the HadRM3 regional climate model to study and model direct and indirect effects of changing climate on Norway spruce in Sweden and northern Europe. According to our results, extreme climate events like spring temperature backlashes and summer drought will increase in frequency and duration. In combination with a raised mean temperature, climate extremes will negatively precondition trees (i.e. increase their susceptibility) to secondary damage through pests and pathogens. Decreased forest vitality also makes stands more susceptible to windthrow. Storm damage is discussed based on a 100 yr storm damage record for Sweden. Marginally increased frequencies and windspeeds of storms may cause disproportionate increases in windthrow. Increased economic hazards can be expected from a combination of the increased volumes of wind-thrown timber, and a greater likelihood of additional generations of spruce bark beetle Ips typographus (further encouraged by the increase in fallen timber), as a result of a changing climate with warmer summers.

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Section: Windstorm Damagementioning

confidence: 99%

Assessment of the impacts of climate change and weather extremes on boreal forests in northern Europe, focusing on Norway spruce

Schlyter¹,

Stjernquist²,

Bärring³

et al. 2006

Clim. Res.

159

117

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“…Forest damage is one major consequence of such events (Kristensen et al, 2000;Sacre, 2002;Mayer and Schindler, 2002;Braun et al, 2003). On a European scale strong winds and storms were responsible for 53% of the total damage to forests during the second half of the last century (Schelhaas et al, 2003).…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Recorded storm damage in Swedish forests 1901–2000

Nilsson¹,

Stjernquist

Bärring³

et al. 2004

Forest Ecology and Management

117

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“…At the end of 1999 there were three windstorms ( Anatol, Lothar and Martin) that damaged 180 mil. m 3 of wood in the forests of different European regions (Sacre 2002 (Schlyter et al 2006;Langström et al 2009). None of them reached Slovakia except for the windstorm Kyrill in 2007, which was considered a minor windstorm disturbance in Slovakia with only 0.4 mil.…”

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Salvage felling in the Slovak forests in the period 2004–2013

Kunca¹,

Zúbrik²,

Galko³

et al. 2015

Forestry Journal

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Salvage felling is one of the indicators of the forest health quality and stability. Most of the European Union countries monitor forest harmful agents, which account for salvage felling, in order to see trends or functionality between factors and to be able to predict their development. The systematic evidence of forest harmful agents and volume of salvage felling in Slovakia started at the Forest Research Institute in Zvolen in 1960. The paper focuses on the occurrence of the most relevant harmful agents and volume of salvage felling in the Slovak forests over the last decade. Within the 10 years period (2004)(2005)(2006)(2007)(2008)(2009)(2010)(2011)(2012)(2013) salvage felling in Slovakia reached 42.31 mil. m 3 of wood, which was 53.2% of the total felling. Wind and European spruce bark beetle Ips typographus damaged 78.4% of salvage wood, i.e. they were the most important pest agents. Norway spruce (Picea abies) was the most frequently damaged tree species that represented the amount of 35.6 mil. m 3 of wood (81.2% of total volume of salvage felling). As Norway spruce grows mostly in mountains, these regions of Central and Northern Slovakia were most affected. At the damaged localities new forests were prevailingly established with regard to suitable ecological conditions for trees, climate change scenarios and if possible, natural regeneration has been preferred. These approaches in forest stand regeneration together with silvicultural and control measures are assumed to gradually decrease the amount of salvage felling over long term perspective.Keywords: salvage felling; pest agents; windstorms; bark beetles; Ips typographus abstrakt Náhodná ťažba je jedným z indikátorov zdravotného stavu lesov a jeho stability. Niektoré štáty Európskej únie monitorujú škodlivé činitele, ktoré sú príčinou náhodnej ťažby, aby zisťovali vzťahy medzi činiteľmi a prognózovali ich vývoj. Systematická evidencia škodli-vých činiteľov a objemu náhodných ťažieb začala v 1960 v Lesníckom výskumnom ústave Zvolen. Tento príspevok sa zameral na výskyt najzávažnejších škodlivých činiteľov a objem náhodných ťažieb v slovenských lesoch počas ostatného desaťročia. V priebehu 10-ročného obdobia (2004)(2005)(2006)(2007)(2008)(2009)(2010)(2011)(2012)(2013) náhodná ťažba na Slovensku predstavovala 42,31 mil. m 3 kalamitnej hmoty, čo je 53,2 % podiel na celkovej ťažbe. Vietor a lykožrút smrekový Ips typographus zapríčinili až 78,4 % náhodnej ťažby a týmto patrili k najvýznamnejším škodlivým činiteľom v lesoch Slovenska. Smrek obyčajný (Picea abies) bol najčastejšie poškodzovanou drevinou, pričom jeho kalamitná hmota predstavovala objem 35,6 mil. m 3 , čo bol 81,2 % podiel na celkovej náhodnej ťažbe. Smrek obyčajný rastie predovšetkým v horských oblastiach Slovenska, práve tieto regióny stredného a severného Slovenska boli najviac poškodzované. Na obnovovaných plochách po kalamitách sa lesy zakladajú prevažne s ohľadom na ekologickú vhodnosť pre vybrané dreviny, čiastočne aj na klimatickú zmenu a preferuje sa pritom prirodzené zmladenie...

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Extreme wind speed in France: the ’99 storms and their consequences

Cited by 27 publications

References 8 publications

Assessment of the impacts of climate change and weather extremes on boreal forests in northern Europe, focusing on Norway spruce

Assessment of the impacts of climate change and weather extremes on boreal forests in northern Europe, focusing on Norway spruce

Recorded storm damage in Swedish forests 1901–2000

Salvage felling in the Slovak forests in the period 2004–2013

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