Simulating Impacts of Ice Storms on Forest EcosystemsJohn L. Campbell 1, Lindsey E. Rustad 1, Charles T. Driscoll 2, Ian Halm 3, Timothy J. Fahey 4, Habibollah Fakhraei 5, Peter M. Groffman 6,7, Gary J. Hawley 8, Wendy Leuenberger 9, Paul G. Schaberg 10
1Northern Research Station, U.S. Forest Service, Durham, NH, 2Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Syracuse University, 3Northern Research Station, U.S. Forest Service, North Woodstock, NH, 4Department of Natural Resources, Cornell University, 5Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Southern Illinois University, 6Advanced Science Research Center at the Graduate Center, City University of New York, 7Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies, 8Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources, University of Vermont, 9Department of Forestry and Natural Resources, University of Kentucky, 10Northern Research Station, U.S. Forest Service, Burlington, VT
Ice storms are important weather events that are challenging to study because of difficulties in predicting their occurrence. Here, we describe a novel method for simulating ice storms that involves spraying water over a forest canopy during sub-freezing conditions.
