Dendrochronological methods were used to date hail injuries in tree rings of six mountain pines (Pinus mugo var. uncinata) at a site in central Switzerland. Annually dated injuries (1939-1996) were in 89% of the cases attributable to years with severe regional hailstorm occurrence (1957-1996). Days with severe hailstorms were successfully dated in either the earlywood and /or latewood portions of a tree ring in a given year. Tree rings provide an alternative proxy to existing data for reconstructing past severe hailstorm occurrence.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:arizona.edu/oai:arizona.openrepository.com:10150/262541 |
| Date | January 2002 |
| Creators | Hohl, Roman, Schweingruber, Fritz Hans, Schiesser, Hans-Heinrich |
| Contributors | Department of Geography, University of Fribourg, Switzerland | Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research, Switzerland, Atmospheric Science ETH, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Switzerland |
| Publisher | Tree-Ring Society |
| Source Sets | University of Arizona |
| Language | en_US |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Article |
| Rights | Copyright © Tree-Ring Society. All rights reserved. |
| Relation | http://www.treeringsociety.org |
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