UConn Tree Sway Biomechanics Study

The Tree Sway Biomechanics Study is a part of the STORMWISE project, an initiative within the Department of Natural Resources and the Environment at UConn in Storrs, CT, USA.
This study was enacted to look at the drivers of tree sway (both amplitude and frequency thereof) in the trees of the roadside forests of Southern New England, an area of 'Mixed Wood Plain' ecoregion (defined by the Commission for Environmental Cooperation, 2009), characterized by a landcover mosaic of temperate forest with mixed-deciduous species distribution, agriculture and wetland. The landscape consists of glacial landforms including lakes, plains, rolling hills and low mountains. The sway motion of 41 trees was monitored continuously for one year in the data presented here. Wind was monitored simultaneously. It is the researchers intentions to link published work with data collection details as well as analysis. The following files are included here:
-Tree Table (1 of 3 datasets)
-Site table (2 of 3 datasets)
-Weather Records (3 of 3 datasets)
Future plans for this study involve the continued monitoring the same trees for years after a thinning treatment has been applied to the forest sites. This will allow analysis of change in sway motion due to forest management practices in this under-studied forest type.

树木摆动生物力学研究（Tree Sway Biomechanics Study）是STORMWISE项目的组成部分，该项目由美国康涅狄格州斯托斯市康涅狄格大学（UConn）自然资源与环境系发起。

本研究旨在探究新英格兰南部路边林树木摆动的驱动因子（包括摆动幅度与摆动频率）。该区域属于混合木原（Mixed Wood Plain）生态区，由环境合作委员会（Commission for Environmental Cooperation）于2009年划定，其土地覆盖呈现温带森林、混生落叶树种分布区、农田与湿地的镶嵌格局。该区域地貌为冰川成因，包含湖泊、平原、丘陵与低山。

本次公开的监测数据中，研究团队对41棵树木的摆动运动开展了为期一整年的连续监测，并同步采集了风速数据。本研究团队计划将已发表的研究成果与本次的数据采集细节及分析过程相结合。

本次公开的数据集包含以下文件：
- 树木数据表（3个数据集之1）
- 样地数据表（3个数据集之2）
- 气象记录（3个数据集之3）

本研究后续计划将对经过疏伐处理的林分中的同一批树木开展多年连续监测，以此分析该尚未被充分研究的森林类型中，森林经营措施对树木摆动运动的影响。