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The triennial IUFRO conference on the effect of wind and trees will take place at the National Center for Atmospheric Research’s (NCAR) Mesa Laboratory in Boulder, Colorado, from 17 July to 20 July 2017.
This conference encourages scientists from all backgrounds with an interest in the interaction between wind and trees to present a paper. The broad theme of the conference targets understanding the interaction of the wind on trees at scales ranging from the leaf to entire forests and forested landscapes. We are interested in how trees adapt to wind, how they acclimate during their lives, and the physical mechanisms of wind damage. Presentations discussing the atmospheric processes producing damaging near-surface winds and climatological controls on their likelihood are also encouraged. We are keenly interested in the impact of forest disturbance on carbon budgets and ecosystem functioning in forests and management strategies to mitigate the impact of damage in all types of forestry.
We will cover the following topics during the conference:
1 December 2016 | Abstract submissions open | |
17 February 2017 | Abstract submissions closed | |
Mid-March 2017 | Authors will be informed of the status of their abstracts | |
Mid-April 2017 | Deadline for early-bird registration | |
16 July 2017 | Arrival, registration and evening ice-breaker | |
17 July 2017 | Final registration | |
20 July 2017 pm | End of conference | |
Workshop presentations and abstracts will be published on our website via links provided during the workshop. (You may indicate that you do NOT want us to publish your abstract when you submit).
We will be conventing a special issue in the journal Agricultural and Forest Meteorology to disseminate the workshop's most enlightening findings associated with the meteorological and climatological aspects of windthrow and disturbance. There will also be a special issue in the journal Forestry discussing the workshop's findings on tree mechanics and management practices.
To register click here, or go to the tab at the top of this website.
Workshop Registration Fees
The registration fee TBD (Estimate cost $250 to $300.)
Barry Gardiner, Edward Patton, John Moore, Steve Mitchell, Ebba Dellwik, Heli Peltola, Kana Kamimura, Sophie Hale
Edward Patton and Kris Marwitz
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