Heavy snow loads in Finnish forests respond regionally asymmetrically to projected climate change

• Published in: Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences
• Main Authors: I. Lehtonen, M. Kämäräinen, H. Gregow, A. Venäläinen, H. Peltola
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Copernicus Publications 2016
• Subjects: Environmental technology. Sanitary engineering; TD1-1066; Geography. Anthropology. Recreation; G; Environmental sciences; GE1-350; Geology; QE1-996.5; Rime; Northern Finland
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-16-2259-2016; https://doaj.org/article/c32e34f4fe2546fc92f95573f1077918

This study examined the impacts of projected climate change on heavy snow loads on Finnish forests, where snow-induced forest damage occurs frequently. For snow-load calculations, we used daily data from five global climate models under representative concentration pathway (RCP) scenarios RCP4.5 and...