WISLINE Wind, Ice and Snow Load Impacts on Infrastructure and the Natural Environment

Main Objectiv:
To quantify climate change impact on technical infrastructure and the natural environment caused by strong winds, icing and wet snow.
Sub-objectives:

Unordered List ItemTo improve the description of cloud microphysical processes of importance for simulating atmospheric icing.

To quantitatively assess future wind and ice design loads on electric transmission lines in different geographical regions in Norway.

To establish risk assessment models for weather hazard induced damages on forests.