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Development of Harmonised Indicators and Estimation Procedures for Forests with Protective Functions against Natural Hazards in the Alpine Space Harmonised indicators. Indicators selected for: Forest area Coarse scale Fine scale Hazard Potential Damage Potential Protective effect
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Development of Harmonised Indicators and Estimation Procedures for Forests with Protective Functions against • Natural Hazards in the • Alpine Space • Harmonised indicators
Indicators selected for: • Forest area • Coarse scale • Fine scale • Hazard Potential • Damage Potential • Protective effect • Coarse scale • Fine scale
Forest area: • Coarse and fine scale • According FAO • Minimum crown cover • Minimum area • Minimum height
Forest area: • Coarse and fine scale • According FAO • Minimum crown cover 30% • Minimum area 5000m² • Minimum height 2m
Hazard potential: • Coarse and fine scale • Avalanche • Snow height • Snow cover region and altitude • Slope • Planar curvature • Minimum forest area
Hazard potential: • Coarse and fine scale • Avalanche • Slope 28° – 55° • Planar curvature -2 – 0.2 • Minimum forested area 5000m²
Hazard potential: • Coarse and fine scale - Avalanche
Hazard potential: • Coarse scale • Rockfall • Slope • Outside the forest mask and inside the rock mask a slope threshold of 43° • Inside the forest mask a slope threshold of 39°
Hazard potential: • Coarse and fine scale Rockfall • Slope
Damage potential: • Coarse and fine scale • Data availability? • Buffer zone 25m
Protective effect: • Avalanche • Coarse scale • Total crown cover • Coniferous crown cover
Protective effect: • Avalanche • Coarse scale • Total crown cover • Coniferous crown cover
Protective effect: • Avalanche • Fine scale • Total crown cover • Coniferous crown cover • Tree height • Gap length
Protective effect: • Avalanche • Fine scale • Total crown cover • Coniferous crown cover • Tree height (AHP 1: -2m, AHP 2/3: 5m)
Protective effect: • Avalanche • Fine scale • Gap length
Protective effect: • Rockfall • Coarse scale • Forested slope length • Basal area
Protective effect: • Rockfall • Coarse scale • Forested slope length (>200m) • Basal area
Protective effect: • Rockfall • Fine scale • Forested slope length • Fraction of gaps • Stem density • DBH • (Stone size)
Protective effect: • Rockfall • Fine scale • Forested slope length ( > 200m %) • Fraction of gaps (gap < 25%)
Protective effect: • Rockfall • Fine scale • Stem density • DBH