VEGETATION DISTURBANCE AND RECOVERY FOLLOWING A RARE WINDTHROW EVENT IN THE GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAINS NATIONAL PARK

The tornado outbreak of April 2011 in the Southeastern United States caused major damage to property and natural ecosystems. During the outbreak, the Great Smoky Mountains National Park (GRSM) was hit by an EF4 tornado, resulting in a long strip of broken branches and toppled old-growth forest tre...

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Main Authors: S. Bernardes, M. Madden
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2016-06-01
Series:The International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences
Online Access:https://www.int-arch-photogramm-remote-sens-spatial-inf-sci.net/XLI-B8/571/2016/isprs-archives-XLI-B8-571-2016.pdf