A satellite-derived database for stand-replacing windthrow events in boreal forests  of European Russia in 1986–2017

Shikhov, Andrey N.; Chernokulsky, Alexander V.; Azhigov, Igor O.; Semakina, Anastasia V.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-12-3489-2020

Articles | Volume 12, issue 4

https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-12-3489-2020

© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-12-3489-2020

© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 12, issue 4

Data description paper

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17 Dec 2020

Data description paper |

| 17 Dec 2020

A satellite-derived database for stand-replacing windthrow events in boreal forests of European Russia in 1986–2017

Andrey N. Shikhov, Alexander V. Chernokulsky, Igor O. Azhigov, and Anastasia V. Semakina

Data sets

A satellite-derived database for stand-replacing windthrow events in boreal forests of European Russia in 1986–2017 A. Shikhov, A. Chernokulsky, I. Azhigov, and A. Semakina https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.12073278.v6

Short summary

Severe winds are among the main causes of forest disturbances in Russia. However, compared to other European countries, windthrows in Russian forests remain substantially understudied. In this study, we compiled a new spatial database of stand-replacing (total) windthrows in the forest zone of European Russia for 1986–2017. Windthrows were delineated mainly with Landsat images. The total area of windthrows was estimated to be 2966 km² (0.19 % of the total forest-covered area).