Modelling crown snow loads in Finland: a comparison of two methods

• Published in: Silva Fennica
• Main Authors: Lehtonen, Ilari, Hoppula, Petri, Pirinen, Pentti, Gregow, Hilppa
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Finnish Society of Forest Science 2014
• Subjects: Forestry; SD1-669.5; Rime; Northern Finland
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.14214/sf.1120; https://doaj.org/article/8ca63eec781646aab69ece9de1bc6382

The spatial occurrence of heavy crown snow loads in Finland between 1961 and 2010 is studied by using for the first time a model that classifies the snow load into four different types: rime, dry snow, wet snow and frozen snow. In producing this climatology, we used meteorological observations made...