Authors | ; ; ; |
Data Type(s) | Other |
Natural Hazard Type(s) | Tornado |
Date of Publication | 2024-03-11 |
Facilities | |
Awards | Northern Tornadoes Project | Wind Engineering Support for Development of Automated Tree-Fall Analysis Software | Northern Tornadoes Project |
Related Work | Context | TreefallAnalysisSoftware (Github) |
Keywords | Tornado, Treefall analysis, Treefall pattern, Software, Near-surface, Wind field, Cropfall |
DOI | 10.17603/ds2-5skn-yq76 |
License | 3-Clause BSD License |
Version | 2 |
Oftentimes, tornadoes inflict massive tree damage with distinctive converging patterns both in rural and urban areas, which is typically used to identify a tornado. Known as the Treefall Analysis method, the converging treefall pattern is then often used to analyze the characteristics and estimate the wind field of the tornado. The Treefall Analysis Software is a MATLAB-based windows-executable software for analyzing the treefall pattern of damaged trees after a tornado event and estimating the near-surface wind field using an idealized vortex model. It's an automated, integrated, and user-friendly software that allows users to perform Treefall Analysis with ease. Treefall Analysis Software can also be used for crop-fall patterns as tornadoes touch down in cropland displaying similar patterns as treefall.