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Sovremennye problemy distantsionnogo zondirovaniya Zemli iz kosmosa
CURRENT PROBLEMS IN REMOTE SENSING OF THE EARTH FROM SPACE

  

Sovremennye problemy distantsionnogo zondirovaniya Zemli iz kosmosa, 2022, Vol. 19, No. 3, pp. 186-202

Spatio-temporal distribution and origins of windthrow events in the forest zone of Western Siberia in 2001–2020

A.N. Shikhov 1 , A.V. Chernokulsky 2, 3 , I.O. Azhigov 1 
1 Perm State University, Perm, Russia
2 A.M. Obukhov Institute of Atmospheric Physics RAS, Moscow, Russia
3 Institute of Geography RAS, Moscow, Russia
Accepted: 26.05.2022
DOI: 10.21046/2070-7401-2022-19-3-186-202
The paper presents the main characteristics of the spatial and temporal distribution of windthrow events in the forest zone of Western Siberia for the period 2001–2020. Windthrow data is obtained from Landsat, Sentinel-2 satellite images, Global Forest Change data, and high-resolution satellite images from open map services. We used weather stations observations, images from meteorological satellites, and information on hazardous weather events to define the dates and time of storm events. The compiled database includes 25 774 elementary damaged areas, which are grouped to 265 different windthrow areas. These windthrow areas are associated with 158 different storm events. The data is available at https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.19582786.v1. The total area of windthrow is 508.3 km2 (0.04 % of the total forested area), which is 4 times less than in the European Russia (ER) for the same period. Over 67% of the windthrow events are caused by tornadoes, they also account for 25.4 % of the total area, which is substantially more than the same proportion for ER. Squalls and non-convective windstorms account for 30 % (2.5 %) of cases and 40 % (34.5 %) of the damaged area, respectively. The maximum density of windthrow events was found in the Kemerovo region, as well as in the west of the Tomsk region and in the southeast of the Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous region. The largest number of windthrow events was reported in 2007 and 2010. Tornadoes and squalls causing windthrow are most often observed in June, while windthrow caused by non-convective storms were observed in October or November (in the Ural and Kuznetsk Alatau mountains). We found several large squall and tornado outbreaks. However, windthrow area associated with them is about 10 times lower comparing with the strongest storm events observed in ER. In general, the total wind-damaged area is 77.5 times less than the total area of stand-replacing fires for the same period.
Keywords: windthrow, tornadoes, squalls, non-convective storms, spatio-temporal distribution, Western Siberia, Landsat, Sentinel-2, Global Forest Change
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