Tree weights?

[RobArb]

Has anyone ever thought of calculating tree weights? As in how heavy the tree actually is..! Also specifically, the breaksown of those weights into catagories for example; total green weight, dry weight, weight of carbon in the tree and the amount of carbon dioxide sequestered by the tree?

 

I ask because a friend of mine (works in IT) has recently been trying to work on "green" project for his company wherein its been his job to calculate how much carbon dioxide each specific tree takes in that they plant. This is then corallated against the amount of CO2 used to make and sell a new PC, a kind of balance type thing (i think).

 

It got me thinking into is there a method/formula/algorithm that enables a specific tree to be "weighed" and analysed for CO2 input and O2 output?

 

I guess it would also be interesting to know how heavy any particular tree was and how accurately the weight could be measured when a lot of the tree is actually underground... (the roots)

 

We also had a conversation today about how much "weight" a tree is theorised to put on in a year and then broke it down into weeks and days.. so for example if we were to prune a large tree by 20-30% and it was a bit of an awkward job and took 2 days, by the end of the two days how much weights had the tree actually put back on.?

 

Anyone else ever thought along these lines or is it really only just me??

[RobArb]

just found this

 

How to Figure Tree Weight | eHow.com

[Ian Flatters]

Just thinking about this 'leaves' too many variables to be accurate. I don't think it would work as with most things two people carrying out a best guess of height, spread and measuring stems would lead to two different results. If you spent ages getting all the data spot on within a mm then you would take far to long to make any profit. Just my opinion as i had discussed this with a couple of people after watching those Nosak tree videos...