Tree dynamic response and survival in a category-5 tropical cyclone: The case of super typhoon Trami



Kamimura, Kana, Nanko, Kazuki, Matsumoto, Asako, Ueno, Saneyoshi, Gardiner, James ORCID: 0000-0003-1902-3416 and Gardiner, Barry
(2022) Tree dynamic response and survival in a category-5 tropical cyclone: The case of super typhoon Trami. SCIENCE ADVANCES, 8 (10). eabm7891-.

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Abstract

In the future with climate change, we expect more forest and tree damage due to the increasing strength and changing trajectories of tropical cyclones (TCs). However, to date, we have limited information to estimate likely damage levels, and nobody has ever measured exactly how forest trees behave mechanically during a TC. In 2018, a category-5 TC destroyed trees in our ongoing research plots, in which we were measuring tree movement and wind speed in two different tree spacing plots. We found damaged trees in only the wider spaced plot. Here, we present how trees dynamically respond to strong winds during a TC. Sustained strong winds obviously trigger the damage to trees and forests but inter-tree spacing is also a key factor because the level of support from neighboring trees modifies the effective "stiffness" against the wind both at the single tree and whole forest stand level.

Item Type: Article
Divisions: Faculty of Health and Life Sciences
Faculty of Health and Life Sciences > Institute of Life Courses and Medical Sciences
Depositing User: Symplectic Admin
Date Deposited: 17 Mar 2022 15:18
Last Modified: 18 Jan 2023 21:10
DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.abm7891
Open Access URL: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.abm7891
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URI: https://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/id/eprint/3151014