Trees and wind resistance

[treeseer]

"No-one yet has mentioned t/r ratios.

 

The 3rd post did. Bond's study debunked t/r for any tree >30"

 

"That might be a good way of trying to quantify the residual strength. After all, if one is approaching the assessment (even retrospectively) as a VTA, the third stage is estimating the strength of the remaining parts. t/r ratio is part of the toolbox."

 

Yes, but unfortunately it does not work all that well.

 

No intent to be harsh to OP; the bibliography was meant to be helpful.