The motion of trees in the wind: a data synthesis

Jackson, Toby D.; Sethi, Sarab; Dellwik, Ebba; Angelou, Nikolas; Bunce, Amanda; van Emmerik, Tim; Duperat, Marine; Ruel, Jean-Claude; Wellpott, Axel; Van Bloem, Skip; Achim, Alexis; Kane, Brian; Ciruzzi, Dominick M.; Loheide II, Steven P.; James, Ken; Burcham, Daniel; Moore, John; Schindler, Dirk; Kolbe, Sven; Wiegmann, Kilian; Rudnicki, Mark; Lieffers, Victor J.; Selker, John; Gougherty, Andrew V.; Newson, Tim; Koeser, Andrew; Miesbauer, Jason; Samelson, Roger; Wagner, Jim; Ambrose, Anthony R.; Detter, Andreas; Rust, Steffen; Coomes, David; Gardiner, Barry

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-18-4059-2021

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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-18-4059-2021

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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-18-4059-2021

© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 18, issue 13

Research article

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06 Jul 2021

Research article |

| 06 Jul 2021

The motion of trees in the wind: a data synthesis

Toby D. Jackson, Sarab Sethi, Ebba Dellwik, Nikolas Angelou, Amanda Bunce, Tim van Emmerik, Marine Duperat, Jean-Claude Ruel, Axel Wellpott, Skip Van Bloem, Alexis Achim, Brian Kane, Dominick M. Ciruzzi, Steven P. Loheide II, Ken James, Daniel Burcham, John Moore, Dirk Schindler, Sven Kolbe, Kilian Wiegmann, Mark Rudnicki, Victor J. Lieffers, John Selker, Andrew V. Gougherty, Tim Newson, Andrew Koeser, Jason Miesbauer, Roger Samelson, Jim Wagner, Anthony R. Ambrose, Andreas Detter, Steffen Rust, David Coomes, and Barry Gardiner

Supplement

https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-18-4059-2021-supplement

Data sets

The motion of trees in the wind - a collection of multiple data sets T. Jackson, A. Bunce, K. James, A. Wellpott, S. Van Bloem, A. Achim, and B. Gardiner https://doi.org/10.5281/ZENODO.4915883

Ambient vibration of mature Hopea odorata trees D. Burcham https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/FHJBYG

Impact of thinning in naturally regenerated balsam fir stand M. Duperat, J.-C. Ruel, and B. Gardiner https://doi.org/10.5683/SP2/WZIKSR

Tree sway measured with accelerometers of 19 trees in the Brazilian Amazon T. van Emmerik, S. C. Steele-Dunne, R. W. Hut, P. Gentine, M. F. Guerin, R. S. Oliveira, J. Wagner, J. S. Selker, and N. C. van de Giesen https://data.4tu.nl/articles/ dataset/Tree_of_19_Amazon_trees/12714989/1

Strain measurements on 21 trees in Wytham Woods T. Jackson https://doi.org/10.5285/533d87d3-48c1-4c6e-9f2f-fda273ab45bc

A time-series of strains in response to wind measured on 19 trees in Danum Valley T. Jackson https://doi.org/10.5285/657f420e-f956-4c33-b7d6-98c7a18aa07a

Continuous acceleration time series for tree sway monitoring in a temperate, humid environment D. Ciruzzi and S. Loheide http://www.hydroshare.org/resource/38ae9d9fb88d49f9ad2eed1ee07475c0

Model code and software

TobyDJackson/TreeMotion_data: First version - tree motion paper T. Jackson https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4265811

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We have all seen trees swaying in the wind, but did you know that this motion can teach us about ecology? We summarized tree motion data from many different studies and looked for similarities between trees. We found that the motion of trees in conifer forests is quite similar to each other, whereas open-grown trees and broadleaf forests show more variation. It has been suggested that additional damping or amplification of tree motion occurs at high wind speeds, but we found no evidence of this.